Cyclic imines as pesticides

ABSTRACT

The invention relates to novel cyclic imines of the formula (I)in whichAr1 and Ar2 each represent substituted phenyl andn represents 1,to a process for their preparation and to their use as pesticides.

This application is a 371 of PCT/E897/06186 filed Nov. 7, 1997.

TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The invention relates to novel cyclic imines, to a plurality ofprocesses for their preparation and to their use as pesticides.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Only few substituted cyclic α,α′-diphenylimines have been disclosedbefore: three 2,5-diphenyl-1-pyrrolines alkoxy-substituted on the2-phenyl ring [5-(2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-phenyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrroleand 5-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2-phenyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrrole in Chem. Ber.96, 93 (1963) and the corresponding 4-propoxy compound in J. Prakt.Chem., Series 4, 1, 57 (1955)] and the unsubstituted2,6-diphenyl-3,4,5,6-tetrahydropyridine [cf. for example Bull. Soc.Chim. Fr. 1974, 258, and Chem. Ber. 116, 3931 (1983)].

Nothing is known about their suitability for use as pesticides.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

This invention, accordingly, provides novel cyclic imines of the formula(I)

in which

n represents 1, 2 or 3,

Ar¹ represents the radical

 and

Ar² represents the radical

 in which

m represents 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4,

R¹ represents halogen, cyano, nitro, alkyl, alkoxy, halogenoalkyl,halogenoalkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, —S(O)_(o)R⁶ or —NR⁷R⁸,

R² and R³ independently of one another each represent hydrogen, halogen,cyano, nitro, alkyl, alkoxy, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkoxy, alkoxyalkyl,—S(O)_(o)R⁶ or —NR⁷R⁸,

R⁴ represents halogen, cyano, trialkylsilyl, —CO—NR¹⁰R¹¹,tetrahydropyranyl or one of the groupings below

(l) —X—A

(m) —B—Z—D

(n) —Y—E,

R⁵ represents hydrogen, halogen, cyano, nitro, alkyl, alkoxy,halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkoxy, alkoxyalkoxy or —S(O)_(o)R⁶,

o represents 0, 1 or 2,

R⁶ represents alkyl or halogenoalkyl,

R⁷ and R⁸ independently of one another each represent hydrogen or alkyl,or together represent alkylene,

R¹⁰ and R¹¹ independently of one another each represent hydrogen, alkyl,halogenoalkyl or represent phenyl or phenylalkyl, each of which isoptionally mono- or polysubstituted by radicals from the list W¹,

X represents a direct bond, oxygen, sulphur, carbonyl, carbonyloxy,oxycarbonyl, alkylene, alkenylene, alkinylene, alkyleneoxy, oxyalkylene,thioalkylene, alkylenedioxy or dialkylsilylene,

A represents phenyl, naphthyl or tetrahydronaphthyl, each of which isoptionally mono- or polysubstituted by radicals from the list W¹, orrepresents 5 to 10-membered heterocyclyl having one or more hetero atomsfrom the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen and sulphur and containing1 or 2 aromatic rings, which is optionally mono- or polysubstituted byradicals from the list W²,

B represents p-phenylene which is optionally mono- or disubstituted byradicals from the list W¹,

Z represents oxygen or sulphur,

D represents hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, halogenoalkyl,halogenoalkenyl, respectively optionally halogen-, alkyl-, alkenyl-,halogenoalkenyl-, phenyl-, styryl-, halogenophenyl- orhalogenostyryl-substituted cycloalkyl or cycloalkylalkyl, representsrespectively optionally halogen- or alkyl-substituted cycloalkenyl orcycloalkenylalkyl, represents respectively optionally nitro-, halogen-,alkyl-, alkoxy-, halogenoalkyl- or halogenoalkoxy-substitutedphenylalkyl, naphthylalkyl, tetrahydronaphthylalkyl or 5- or 6-memberedhetarylalkyl having 1 or 2 hetero atoms from the group consisting ofnitrogen, oxygen and sulphur, represents —CO—R¹², —CO—NR¹³R¹⁴, orrepresents the grouping

—(CH₂)_(p)—(CR¹⁵R¹⁶)_(q)—(CH₂)_(r)—G,

or

Z and D together represent optionally nitro-, halogen-, alkyl-, alkoxy-,halo(genoalkyl- or halogenoalkoxy-substituted phenoxyalkyl,

Y represents a direct bond, oxygen, sulphur, carbonyl, carbonyloxy,oxycarbonyl, alkylene, alkenylene, alkinylene, alkyleneoxy, oxyalkylene,thioalkylene, alkylenedioxy or represents p-phenylene which isoptionally mono- or disubstituted by radicals from the list W¹,

E represents hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, halogenoalkyl,halogenoalkenyl, respectively optionally halogen-, alkyl-, alkenyl-,halogenoalkenyl-, phenyl-, styryl-, halogenophenyl- orhalogenostyryl-substituted cycloalkyl, represents respectivelyoptionally halogen- or alkyl-substituted cycloalkenyl, represents phenylwhich is optionally mono- to tetrasubstituted by radicals from the listW¹ or represents 5- or 6-membered hetaryl having 1 or 2 hetero atomsfrom the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen and sulphur, which isoptionally mono- to tetrasubstituted by radicals from the list W², orrepresents the grouping

—(CH₂)_(p)—(CR¹⁵R¹⁶)_(q)—(CH₂)_(r)—G,

R¹² represents alkyl, alkoxy, alkenyl, alkenyloxy, respectivelyoptionally halogen-, alkyl-, alkenyl-, halogenoalkyl- orhalogenoalkenyl-substituted cycloalkyl, cycloalkyloxy orcycloalkylalkyloxy or represents respectively optionally nitro-,halogen-, alkyl-, alkoxy-, halogenoalkyl- or halogenoalkoxy-substitutedphenyl or naphthyl,

R¹³ represents hydrogen or alkyl,

R¹⁴ represents alkyl, halogenoalkyl, respectively optionally halogen-,alkyl-, alkenyl-, halogenoalkyl- or halogenoalkenyl-substitutedcycloalkyl or cycloalkylalkyl or represents respectively optionallyhalogen-, alkyl-, alkoxy-, halogenoalkyl- or halogenoalkoxy-substitutedphenyl or phenylalkyl,

p, q and r independently of one another each represent 0, 1, 2 or 3,their sum being smaller than 6,

R¹⁵ and R¹⁶ independently of one another each represent hydrogen oralkyl,

G represents cyano, represents a 5- or 6-membered heterocycle having 1to 3 identical or different hetero atoms from the group consisting ofnitrogen, oxygen and sulphur, which is optionally substituted byhalogen, alkyl or halogenoalkyl and, at the attachment point, optionallyby the radical R¹⁷, or represents one of the groupings below

(a) —CO—R¹⁷

(b) —CO—OR¹⁸

(c) —CO—NR¹⁹R²⁰

(d) —CS—NR¹⁹R²⁰

R¹⁷ represents hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkenyl,optionally halogen-, alkyl- or halogenoalkyl-substituted cycloalkyl, orrepresents phenyl which is optionally mono- to pentasubstituted byalkylcarbonylamino, alkylcarbonylalkylamino and/or radicals from thelist W³,

R¹⁸ represents hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkenyl,respectively optionally halogen-, alkyl- or halogenoalkyl-substitutedcycloalkyl or cycloalkylalkyl or represents arylalkyl which isoptionally mono- to pentasubstituted by radicals from the list W³,

R¹⁹ and R²⁰ independently of one another each represent hydrogen, alkyl,alkenyl, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkenyl, alkoxy, respectively optionallyhalogen-, alkyl- or halogenoalkyl-substituted cycloalkyl orcycloalkylalkyl, represent aryl or arylalkyl, each of which isoptionally mono- to pentasubstituted by radicals from the list W³,represent —OR¹⁸ or —NR¹⁷R¹⁸ or together represent an alkylene chainhaving 2 to 6 members in which one methylene group is optionallyreplaced by oxygen,

R²¹ represents —OR¹⁸, —NR¹⁷R¹⁸ or —N(R¹⁷)—COOR¹⁸,

R²², R²³ and R²⁴ independently of one another each represent alkyl,

W¹ represents hydrogen, halogen, cyano, formyl, nitro, alkyl,trialkylsilyl, alkoxy, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkoxy,halogenoalkenyloxy, alkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, pentafluorothio or—S(O)_(o)R⁶,

W² represents halogen, cyano, formyl, nitro, alkyl, trialkylsilyl,alkoxy, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkoxy, alkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl,pentafluorothio, —S(O)_(o)R⁶ or —C(R¹⁷)═N—R²¹,

W³ represents halogen, cyano, nitro, alkyl, alkoxy, halogenoalkyl,halogenoalkoxy, dialkylamino —S(O)_(o)R⁶, —COOR²⁵ or —CONR²⁶R²⁷,

R²⁵ represents hydrogen, alkyl, halogenoalkyl, optionally halogen-,alkyl- or halogenoalkyl-substituted cycloalkyl or represents phenylwhich is optionally mono- to pentasubstituted by radicals from the listW⁴,

R²⁶ and R²⁷ independently of one another each represent hydrogen, alkyl,alkenyl, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkenyl, alkoxy, respectively optionallyhalogen-, alkyl- or halogenoalkyl-substituted cycloalkyl orcycloalkylalkyl or represent aryl or arylalkyl, each of which isoptionally mono- to pentasubstituted by radicals from the list W⁴,represent —OR²² or —NR²³R²⁴ or together represent an alkylene chainhaving 2 to 6 members in which one methylene group is optionallyreplaced by oxygen, and

W⁴ represents halogen, cyano, nitro, alkyl, alkoxy, halogenoalkyl,halogenoalkoxy, dialkylamino, alkoxycarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl or—S(O)_(o)R⁶.

Also depending on the kind of substituents, the compounds of the formula(I) may be present as geometrical and/or optical isomers or as mixturesof isomers in varying, composition which can, if appropriate, beseparated in a conventional manner. The present invention provides thepure isomers and also the mixtures of isomers, their preparation and useand compositions comprising them. Below, reference is always made tocompounds of the formula (I) for simplicity, although the pure compoundsand also, if appropriate, mixtures of varying proportions of isomericcompounds are meant.

Furthermore, it has been found that the novel compounds of the formula(I) are obtained by one of the processes described below.

A) Cyclic imines of the formula (I)

in which

Ar¹, Ar² and n are each as defined above are obtained by cyclocondensingaminoketones of the formula (II)

 in which

Ar¹, Ar² and n are each as defined above,

or preferably acidic salts thereof, optionally in the presence of anacid binder.

B) Cyclic imines of the formula (I) can also be prepared by reactingcyclic O-methylsulfonyl oximes of the formula (III)

 in which

Ar² and n are each as defined above with aryl Grignard compounds of theformula (IV)

AR¹—Mg—Hal  (IV)

 in which

Ar¹ is as defined above and

Hal represents chlorine, bromine or iodine,

in the presence of a diluent.

C) Cyclic imines of the formula (I-b)

 in which

R¹, R², R³, n and m are each as defined above,

R⁴⁻¹ represents A or one of the groupings below

(m) —B—Z—D

 where

A, B, D, E, W¹ and Z are each as defined above and

R⁵⁻¹ represents hydrogen, fluorine, cyano, nitro, alkyl, alkoxy,halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkoxy, alkoxyalkoxy or —SR⁶ where

R⁶ is as defined above can be prepared by coupling compounds of theformula (V)

 in which

R¹, R², R³, R⁵⁻¹, n and m are each as defined above and

X¹ represents bromine, iodine or —OSO₂CF₃ with boronic acids of theformula (VI)

R⁴⁻¹—B(OH)₂  (VI)

 in which

R⁴⁻¹ is as defined above,

in the presence of a catalyst and in the presence of an acid binder andin the presence of a solvent.

D) Cyclic imines of the formula (I-c)

in which

R¹, R², R³, R⁵, n and m are each as defined above,

R⁴⁻² represents one of the groupings below

(m-b)—B—Z—D¹

(n-b)—Y¹—E¹

in which

B and Z are each as defined above,

Y¹ represents oxygen or sulphur and

D¹ and E¹ each represent the grouping

—(CH₂)_(p)—(CR¹⁵R¹⁶)_(q)—(CH₂)_(r)—G

in which

R¹⁶, R¹⁶, G, p, q and r are each as defined above can be prepared bycondensing cyclic imines of the formula (I-d)

in which

R¹, R², R³, R⁵, n and m are each as defined above and

R⁴⁻³ represents one of the groupings below

(m-c)—B—Z—H

(n-c)—Y¹—H

in which

B, Y¹ and Z are each as defined above with compounds of the formula(VII)

Ab—(CH₂)_(p)—(CR¹⁵R¹⁶)_(q)—(CH₂)_(r)—G  (VII)

in which

R¹⁵, R¹⁶, G, p, q and r are each as defined above and

Ab represents a leaving group.

E) Cyclic imines of the formula (I-e)

in which

R¹, R², R³, R⁵, n and m are each as defined above and

R⁴⁻⁴ represents a grouping from the description of the compounds of theformula (I) according to the invention containing the radical G where

G represents one of the abovementioned groupings (e) to (k)

can be prepared by customary and known derivatizations of thecorresponding keto derivatives, carboxylic acid derivatives or nitrites,ie. compounds of the formula (I) in which G represents cyano or one ofthe groupings (a) to (d).

Furthermore, it has been found that the novel compounds of the formula(I) combine good plant safety with very good activity as pesticides, inparticular against arthropods in agriculture but also parasitesencountered in animal husbandry and with pets.

The compounds according to the invention are defined in a general way bythe formula (I). Preferred substituents or ranges of the radicals listedin the formulae mentioned above and below are illustrated below.

n preferably represents, 1, 2 or 3.

Ar¹ preferably represents the radical

Ar² preferably represents the radical

m preferably represents 0, 1, 2 or 3.

R¹ preferably represents halogen, cyano, nitro, C₁-C₆-alkyl,C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₁-C₆-halogenoalkyl or C₁-C₆-halogenoalkoxy, representsC₁-C₆-alkoxy-C₁-C₆-alkyl, —S(O)_(o)R⁶ or —NR⁷R⁸.

R² and R³ independently of one another each preferably representhydrogen, halogen, cyano, nitro, C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy,C₁-C₆-halogenoalkyl or C₁-C₆-halogenoalkoxy, representC₁-C₆-alkoxy-C₁-C₆-alkyl, —S(O)_(o)R⁶ or —NR⁷R⁸.

R⁴ preferably represents a substituent in meta- or paraposition from thegroup consisting of halogen, cyano, tri-(C₁-C₆-alkyl)-silyl,—CO—NR¹⁰R¹¹, tetrahydropyranyl or one of the groupings below

(l) —X—A

(m) —B—Z—D

(n) —Y—E.

R⁵ preferably represents hydrogen, halogen, cyano, nitro, C₁-C₁₆-alkyl,C₁-C₁₆-alkoxy, C₁-C₆-halogenoalkyl, C₁-C₆-halogenoalkoxy,C₁-C₈-alkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkoxy or —S(O)_(o)R⁶.

o preferably represents 0, 1 or 2.

R⁶ preferably represents optionally fluorine- or chlorine-substitutedC₁-C₆-alkyl.

R⁷ and R⁸ independently of one another each preferably representhydrogen or C₁-C₆-alkyl, such as, for example, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl,isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl or togetherrepresent C₂-C₅-alkylene, such as, for example, —(CH₂)₄— or —(CH₂)₅—.

R¹⁰ and R¹¹ independently of one another each preferably representhydrogen, C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-halogenoalkyl or represent phenyl orphenyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl, each of which is optionally mono- to trisubstitutedby radicals from the list W¹.

X preferably represents a direct bond, oxygen, sulphur, carbonyl,carbonyloxy, oxycarbonyl, C₁-C₄-alkylene, C₂-C₄-alkenylene,C₂-C₄-alkinylene, C₁-C₄-alkyleneoxy, C₁-C₄-oxyalkylene,C₁-C₄-thioalkylene, C₁-C₄-alkylenedioxy or di-C₁-C₄-alkylsilylene.

A preferably represents phenyl, naphthyl or tetrahydronaphthyl, each ofwhich is optionally mono- to tetrasubstituted by radicals from the listW¹, or represents 5- to 10-membered heterocyclyl having 1 to 4 heteroatoms, including 0 to 4 nitrogen atoms, 0 to 2 oxygen atoms and 0 to 2sulphur atoms, and containing 1 or 2 aromatic rings, which is in eachcase optionally mono- to tetrasubstituted by radicals from the list W²(in particular furyl, benzofuryl, thienyl, benzothienyl, oxazolyl,benzoxazolyl, thiazolyl, benzthiazoyl, pyrrolyl, pyridyl, pyrimidyl,1,3,5-triazinyl, quinolinyl, isoquinolinyl, indolyl, purinyl,benzodioxolyl, indanyl, benzodioxanyl or chromanyl).

B preferably represents p-phenylene which is optionally mono- ordisubstituted by radicals from the list W¹.

Z preferably represents oxygen or sulphur.

D preferably represents hydrogen, C₁-C₁₆-alkyl, C₂-C₁₆-alkenyl,C₂-C₆-alkinyl, C₁-C₁₆-halogenoalkyl, C₂-C₁₆-halogenoalkenyl,respectively optionally halogen-, C₁-C₄-alkyl-, C₂-C₄-alkenyl-,C₂-C₄-halogenoalkenyl-, phenyl-, styryl-, halogenophenyl- orhalogenostyryl-substituted C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl orC₃-C₈-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₆-alkyl, represents respectively optionallyhalogen- or C₁-C₄-alkyl-substituted C₅-C₈-cycloalkenyl orC₅-C₈-cycloalkenyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl, represents respectively optionallynitro-, halogen-, C₁-C₆-alkyl-, C₁-C₆-alkoxy-, C₁-C₆-halogenoalkyl- orC₁-C₆-halogenoalkoxy-substituted phenyl-C₁-C₆-alkyl,naphthyl-C₁-C₆-alkyl, tetrahydronaphthyl-C₁-C₆-alkyl or 5- or 6-memberedhetaryl-C₁-C₆-alkyl having 1 or 2 hetero atoms from the group consistingof nitrogen, oxygen and sulphur (in particular furylmethyl,thienylmethyl, pyrrolylmethyl, oxazolylmethyl, isoxazolylmethyl,thiazolylmethyl or pyridylmethyl), represents —CO—R¹², —CO—NR¹³R¹⁴, orrepresents the grouping

—(CH₂)_(p)—(CR¹⁵R¹⁶)_(q)—(CH₂)_(r)—G.

Z and D also preferably together represent optionally nitro-, halogen-,C₁-C₆-alkyl-, C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₁-C₆-halogenoalkyl- orC₁-C₆-halogenoalkoxy-substituted phenoxy-C₁-C₄-alkyl.

Y preferably represents a direct bond, oxygen, sulphur, carbonyl,carbonyloxy, oxycarbonyl, C₁-C₄-alkylene, C₂-C₄-alkenylene,C₂-C₄-alkinylene, C₁-C₄-alkyleneoxy, C₁-C₄-oxyalkylene,C₁-C₄-thioalkylene, C₁-C₄-alkylenedioxy or represents p-phenylene whichis optionally mono- or disubstituted by radicals from the list W¹.

E preferably represents hydrogen, C₁-C₁₆-alkyl, C₂-C₁₆-alkenyl,C₂-C₆-alkinyl, C₁-C₁₆-halogenoalkyl, C₂-C₁₆-halogenoalkenyl, optionallyhalogen-, C₁-C₄-alkyl-, C₂-C₄-alkenyl-, C₂-C₄-halogenoalkenyl-, phenyl-,styryl-, halogenophenyl- or halogenostyryl-substituted C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl,represents optionally halogen- or C₁-C₄-alkyl-substitutedC₅-C₈-cycloalkenyl, represents phenyl which is optionally mono- totetrasubstituted by radicals from the list W¹ or represents 5- or6-membered hetaryl having 1 or 2 hetero atoms from the group consistingof nitrogen, oxygen and sulphur (in particular furyl, thienyl, pyrrolyl,oxazolyl, isoxazolyl, thiazolyl or pyridyl), which is optionally mono-to tetrasubstituted by radicals from the list W², or represents thegrouping

—(CH₂)_(p)—(CR¹⁵R¹⁶)_(q)—(CH₂)_(r)—G

R¹² preferably represents C₁-C₁₂-alkyl, C₁-C₁₂-alkoxy, C₂-C₁₂-alkenyl,C₂-C₁₂-alkenyloxy, respectively optionally halogen-, C₁-C₄-alkyl-,C₂-C₄-alkenyl-, C₁-C₄-halogenoalkyl- orC₂-C₄-halogenoalkenyl-substituted C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl, C₃-C₈-cycloalkyloxyor C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₆-alkyloxy or represents phenyl or naphthyl,each of which is optionally mono- to tetrasubstituted by nitro, halogen,C₁-C₁₂-alkyl, C₁-C₁₂-alkoxy, C₁-C₁₂-halogenoalkyl orC₁-C₁₂-halogenoalkoxy.

R¹³ preferably represents hydrogen or C₁-C₁₂-alkyl.

R¹⁴ preferably represents C₁-C₁₂-alkyl, C₁-C₁₂-halogenoalkyl,respectively optionally halogen-, C₁-C₄-alkyl-, C₂-C₄-alkenyl-,C₁-C₄-halogenoalkyl- or C₂-C₄-halogenoalkenyl-substitutedC₃-C₈-cycloalkyl or C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₆-alkyl, or represents phenylor phenyl-C₁-C₆-alkyl which is in each case optionally mono- totetrasubstituted by halogen, C₁-C₁₂-alkyl, C₁-C₁₂-alkoxy,C₁-C₁₂-halogenoalkyl or C₁-C₁₂-halogenoalkoxy.

p, q and r independently of one another each preferably represent 0, 1,2 or 3, their sum being smaller than 6.

R¹⁵ and R¹⁶ independently of one another preferably represent hydrogenor C₁-C₄-alkyl.

G preferably represents cyano, represents a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclehaving 1 to 3 identical or different hetero atoms from the groupconsisting of nitrogen, oxygen and sulphur (in particular5,6-dihydrodioxazin-2-yl, 3-pyridyl, 3-furyl, 3-thienyl, 2-thiazolyl,5-thiazolyl, 2-dioxolanyl, 1,3-dioxan-2-yl, 2-dithiolanyl,1,3-dithian-2-yl or 1,3-thioxan-2-yl), which is optionally mono- totrisubstituted by halogen, C₁-C₄-alkyl or C₁-C₄-halogenoalkyl and, atthe attachment point, optionally by the radical R¹⁷, or represents oneof the groupings below:

(a) —CO—R¹⁷

(b) —CO—OR¹⁸

(c) —CO—NR¹⁹R²⁰

(d) —CS—NR¹⁹R²⁰

R¹⁷ preferably represents hydrogen, C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyl,C₁-C₄-halogenoalkyl, C₂-C₆-halogenoalkenyl, optionally halogen-,C₁-C₄-alkyl- or C₁-C₄-halogenoalkyl-substituted C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, orrepresents phenyl which is optionally mono- to pentasubstituted byC₁-C₄-alkylcarbonylamino, C₁-C₄-alkylcarbonyl-C₁-C₄-alkylamino and/orradicals from the list W³.

R¹⁸ preferably represents hydrogen, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyl,C₁-C₄-halogenoalkyl, C₂-C₆-halogenoalkenyl, respectively optionallyhalogen-, C₁-C₄-alkyl- or C₁-C₄-halogenoalkyl-substitutedC₃-C₆-cycloalkyl or C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl or representsC₆-C₁₀-aryl-C₁-C₄-alkyl which is optionally mono- to tetrasubstituted byradicals from the list W³ (in particular phenyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl ornaphthyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl).

R¹⁹ and R²⁰ independently of one another each preferably representhydrogen, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₃-C₆-alkenyl, C₁-C₄-halogenoalkyl,C₃-C₆-halogenoalkenyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy, respectively optionally halogen-,C₁-C₄-alkyl- or C₁-C₄-halogenoalkyl-substituted C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl orC₃-C₆-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl, represent phenyl or phenyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl,each of which is optionally mono- to pentasubstituted by radicals fromthe list W³, represent —OR¹⁸ or —NR¹⁷R¹⁸ or together represent analkylene chain having 4 to 6 members in which one methylene group isoptionally replaced by oxygen.

R²¹ preferably represents —OR¹⁸, —NR¹⁷R¹⁸ or —N(R¹⁷)—COOR¹⁸.

R²², R²³ and R²⁴ independently of one another each preferably representC₁-C₆-alkyl.

W¹ preferably represents hydrogen, halogen, cyano, formyl, nitro,C₁-C₆-alkyl, tri-C₁-C₄-alkylsilyl, C₁-C₁₆-alkoxy, C₁-C₆-halogenoalkyl,C₁-C₆-halogenoalkoxy, C₂-C₆-halogenoalkenyloxy, C₁-C₆-alkylcarbonyl,C₁-C₁₆-alkoxycarbonyl, pentafluorothio or —S(O)_(o)R⁶.

W² preferably represents halogen, cyano, formyl, nitro, C₁-C₆-alkyl,tri-C₁-C₄-alkylsilyl, C₁-C₁₆-alkoxy, C₁-C₆-halogenoalkyl,C₁-C₆-halogenoalkoxy, C₁-C₆-alkylcarbonyl, C₁-C₁₆-alkoxycarbonyl,pentafluorothio, —S(O)_(o)R⁶ or —C(R¹⁷)═N—R²¹.

W³ preferably represents halogen, cyano, nitro, C₁-C₄-alkyl,C₁-C₄-alkoxy, C₁-C₄-halogenoalkyl, C₁-C₄-halogenoalkoxy,di-C₁-C₄-alkylamino, —S(O)_(o)R⁶, —COOR²⁵ or —CONR²⁶R²⁷.

R²⁵ preferably represents hydrogen, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-halogenoalkyl,optionally halogen-, C₁-C₄-alkyl- or C₁-C₄-halogenoalkyl-substitutedC₃-C₇-cycloalkyl or represents phenyl which is optionally mono- topentasubstituted by radicals from the list W⁴.

R²⁶ and R²⁷ independently of one another each preferably representhydrogen, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₃-C₆-alkenyl, C₁-C₄-halogenoalkyl,C₃-C₆-halogenoalkenyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy, respectively optionally halogen-,C₁-C₄-alkyl- or C₁-C₄-halogenoalkyl-substituted C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl orC₃-C₆cycloalkyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl or represent phenyl or phenyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl,each of which is optionally mono- to pentasubstituted by radicals fromthe list W⁴, represent —OR²² or —NR²³R²⁴, or together represent analkylene chain having 4 to 6 members in which one methylene group isoptionally replaced by oxygen.

W⁴ preferably represents halogen, cyano, nitro, C₁-C₆-alkyl,C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₁-C₆-halogenoalkyl, C₁-C₆-halogenoalkoxy,di-C₁-C₄-alkylamino, C₁-C₆-alkoxycarbonyl, di-C₁-C₆-alkylaminocarbonylor —S(O)_(o)R⁶.

n particularly preferably represents 1 or 2.

Ar¹ particularly preferably represents the radical

Ar² particularly preferably represents the radical

m particularly preferably represents 0, 1 or 2.

R¹ particularly preferably represents fluorine, chlorine, bromine,C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy, respectively fluorine- orchlorine-substituted C₁-C₆-alkyl or C₁-C₆-alkoxy, representsC₁-C₆-alkoxy-C₁-C₆-alkyl or —S(O)_(o)R⁶.

R² and R³ independently of one another each particularly preferablyrepresent hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, C₁-C₆-alkyl,C₁-C₆-alkoxy, respectively fluorine- or chlorine-substituted C₁-C₆-alkylor C₁-C₆-alkoxy, represent C₁-C₆-alkoxy-C₁-C₆-alkyl or —S(O)_(o)R⁶.

R⁴ particularly preferably represents a substituent in meta- orparaposition from the group consisting of fluorine, chlorine, bromine,iodine, cyano, tri-(C₁-C₄-alkyl)-silyl, —CO—NR¹⁰R¹¹, tetrahydropyranylor one of the groupings below

(l) —X—A

(m) —B—Z—D

(n) —Y—E.

R⁵ particularly preferably represents hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine,bromine, iodine, cyano, nitro, C₁-C₁₆-alkyl, C₁-C₁₆-alkoxy, respectivelyfluorine- or chlorine-substituted C₁-C₆-alkyl or C₁-C₆-alkoxy,represents C₁-C₈-alkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, or —S(O)_(o)R⁶.

o particularly preferably represents 0, 1 or 2.

R⁶ particularly preferably represents C₁-C₄-alkyl or respectivelyfluorine- or chlorine-substituted methyl or ethyl.

R¹⁰ and R¹¹ independently of one another each particularly preferablyrepresent hydrogen, C₁-C₆-alkyl, fluorine- or chlorine-substitutedC₁-C₆-alkyl or represent phenyl or benzyl, each of which is optionallymono- or disubstituted by radicals from the list W¹.

X particularly preferably represents a direct bond, oxygen, sulphur,carbonyl, carbonyloxy, oxycarbonyl, C₁-C₄-alkylene, C₂-C₄-alkenylene,C₂-C₄-alkinylene, C₁-C₄-alkyleneoxy, C₁-C₄-oxyalkylene,C₁-C₄-thioalkylene, C₁-C₄-alkylenedioxy or di-C₁-C₄-alkylsilylene.

A particularly preferably represents phenyl, naphthyl ortetrahydronaphthyl, each of which is optionally mono- to trisubstitutedby radicals from the list W¹, or represents a 5- to 10-memberedheterocyclyl having 1 to 4 hetero atoms, which includes 0 to 4 nitrogenatoms, 0 to 2 oxygen atoms and 0 to 2 sulphur atoms, and containing 1 or2 aromatic rings, which is in each case optionally mono- totrisubstituted by radicals from the list W² (in particular furyl,benzofuryl, thienyl, benzothienyl, oxazolyl, benzoxazolyl, thiazolyl,benzthiazoyl, pyrrolyl, pyridyl, pyrimidyl, 1,3,5-triazinyl, quinolinyl,isoquinolinyl, indolyl, purinyl, benzodioxolyl, indanyl, benzodioxanylor chromanyl).

B particularly preferably represents p-phenylene which is optionallymono- or disubstituted by radicals from the list W¹.

Z particularly preferably represents oxygen or sulphur.

D particularly preferably represents hydrogen, C₁-C₁₆-alkyl,C₂-C₁₆-alkenyl, C₂-C₆-alkinyl, respectively fluorine- orchlorine-substituted C₁-C₄-alkyl or C₂-C₄-alkenyl, representsC₃-C₆-cycloalkyl or C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl, each of which isoptionally substituted by fluorine, chlorine, bromine, C₁-C₄-alkyl,C₂-C₄-alkenyl, fluorine- or chlorine-substituted C₂-C₄-alkenyl, phenyl,styryl, respectively fluorine-, chlorine- or bromine-substituted phenylor styryl, represents respectively optionally fluorine-, chlorine-,bromine- or C₁-C₄-alkyl-substituted C₅-C₆-cycloalkenyl orC₅-C₆-cycloalkenyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl, represents phenyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl,naphthyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl, tetrahydronaphthyl-C₁-C₆-alkyl or 5- or 6-memberedhetaryl-C₁-C₄-alkyl having 1 or 2 hetero atoms from the group consistingof nitrogen, oxygen and sulphur (in particular furylmethyl,thienylmethyl, pyrrolylmethyl, oxazolylmethyl, isoxazolylmethyl,thioazolylmethyl or pyridylmethyl), each of these radicals beingoptionally substituted by nitro, fluorine, chlorine, bromine,C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy, respectively fluorine- orchlorine-substituted C₁-C₄-alkyl or C₁-C₄-alkoxy, represents —CO—R¹²,—CO—NR¹³R¹⁴ or the grouping

—(CH₂)_(p)—(CR¹⁵R¹⁶)_(q)-(CH₂)_(r)-G.

Z and D also particularly preferably together representphenoxy-C₁-C₃-alkyl which is optionally substituted by nitro, fluorine,chlorine, bromine, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy or respectively fluorine-or chlorine-substituted C₁-C₄-alkyl or C₁-C₄alkoxy.

Y Particularly preferably represents a direct bond, oxygen, sulphur,carbonyl, carbonyloxy, oxycarbonyl, C₁-C₄-alkylene, C₂-C₄-alkenylene,C₂-C₄-alkinylene, C₁-C₄-alkyleneoxy, C₁-C₄-oxyalkylene,C₁-C₄-thioalkylene, C₁-C₄-alkylenedioxy or represents p-phenylene whichis optionally mono- or disubstituted by radicals from the list W¹.

E particularly preferably represents hydrogen, C₁-C₁₆-alkyl,C₂-C₁₆-alkenyl, C₂-C₆-alkinyl, respectively fluorine- orchlorine-substituted C₁-C₄-alkyl or C₂-C₄-alkenyl, representsC₃-C₆-cycloalkyl which is optionally substituted by fluorine, chlorine,bromine, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₂-C₄-alkenyl, fluorine- or chlorine-substitutedC₂-C₄-alkenyl, phenyl, styryl or respectively fluorine-, chlorine- orbromine-substituted phenyl or styryl, represents optionally fluorine-,chlorine-, bromine- or C₁-C₄-alkyl-substituted C₅-C₆-cycloalkenyl,represents phenyl which is optionally mono- to trisubstituted byradicals from the list W¹ or represents 5- or 6-membered hetaryl having1 or 2 hetero atoms from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen andsulphur (in particular furyl, thienyl, pyrrolyl, oxazolyl, isoxazolyl,thiazolyl or pyridyl), which is optionally mono- or disubstituted byradicals from the list W², or represents the grouping

—(CH₂)_(p)—(CR¹⁵R¹⁶)_(q)—(CH₂)_(r)—G.

R² particularly preferably represents C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy,C₂-C₆-alkenyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyloxy, represents C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl,C₃-C₆-cycloalkyloxy or C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₂-alkyloxy, each of which isoptionally substituted by fluorine, chlorine, C₁-C₃-alkyl, orrespectively fluorine- or chlorine-substituted C₁-C₂-alkyl orC₂-C₃-alkenyl, or represents phenyl which is optionally mono- ordisubstituted by fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, C₁-C₄-alkyl,C₁-C₄-alkoxy or respectively fluorine- or chlorine-substitutedC₁-C₃-alkyl or C₁-C₄-alkoxy.

R¹³ particularly preferably represents hydrogen or C₁-C₄-alkyl.

R¹⁴ particularly preferably represents C₁-C₄-alkyl, or represents phenylor benzyl, each of which is optionally mono- or disubstituted byfluorine, chlorine, bromine, C₁-C₄-alkyl or respectively fluorine- orchlorine-substituted C₁-C₄-alkyl or C₁-C₄-alkoxy.

p, q and r independently of one another each particularly preferablyrepresent 0, 1, 2 or 3, their sum being smaller than 6.

R¹⁵ and R¹⁶ independently of one another each particularly preferablyrepresent hydrogen or C₁-C₄-alkyl.

G particularly preferably represents cyano, represents a 5- or6-membered heterocycle having 1 to 3 identical or different hetero atomsfrom the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen and sulphur (in particular5,6-dihydrodioxazin-2-yl, 3-pyridyl, 3-furyl, 3-thienyl, 2-thiazolyl,5-thiazolyl, 2-dioxolanyl, 1,3-dioxan-2-yl, 2-dithiolanyl,1,3-dithian-2-yl or 1,3-thioxan-2-yl), which is optionally mono- totrisubstituted by fluorine, chlorine, bromine, C₁-C₄-alkyl or fluorine-or chlorine-substituted C₁-C₄-alkyl and, at the attachment point,optionally by the radical R¹⁷, or represents one of the groupings below:

(a) —CO—R¹⁷

(b) —CO—OR¹⁸

(c) —CO—NR¹⁹R²⁰

(d) —CS—NR¹⁹R²⁰

R¹⁷ particularly preferably represents hydrogen, C₁-C₆-alkyl,C₂-C₆-alkenyl, respectively fluorine- or chlorine-substitutedC₁-C₄-alkyl or C₂-C₆-alkenyl, represents C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl which isoptionally substituted by fluorine, chlorine, C₁-C₄-alkyl or fluorine-or chlorine-substituted C₁-C₄-alkyl, or represents phenyl which isoptionally mono- to trisubstituted by C₁-C₄-alkylcarbonylamino,C₁-C₄-alkylcarbonyl-C₁-C₄-alkylamino and/or radicals from the list W³.

R¹⁸ particularly preferably represents hydrogen, C₁-C₄-alkyl,C₃-C₆-alkenyl, respectively fluorine- or chlorine-substitutedC₁-C₄-alkyl or C₃-C₆-alkenyl, represents C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl orC₃-C₆-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl, each of which is optionally substituted byfluorine, chlorine, C₁-C₄-alkyl or fluorine- or chlorine-substitutedC₁-C₄-alkyl, or represents phenyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl or naphthyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl,each of which is optionally mono- to trisubstituted by radicals from thelist W³.

R¹⁹ and R²⁰ independently of one another each particularly preferablyrepresent hydrogen, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₃-C₆-alkenyl, respectively fluorine-or chlorine-substituted C₁-C₄-alkyl or C₃-C₆-alkenyl, representC₁-C₄-alkoxy, represent C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl orC₃-C₆-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl, each of which is optionally substituted byfluorine, chlorine, C₁-C₄-alkyl or fluorine- or chlorine-substitutedC₁-C₄-alkyl, represent phenyl or phenyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl, each of which isoptionally mono- to trisubstituted by radicals from the list W³,represent —OR¹⁸ or —NR¹⁷R¹⁸ or together represent —(CH₂)₅—, —(CH₂)₆— or—(CH₂)₂—O—(CH₂)₂—.

R²¹ particularly preferably represents —OR¹⁸, —NR¹⁷R¹⁸ or—N(R¹⁷)—COOR¹⁸.

R²², R²³ and R²⁴ independently of one another each particularlypreferably represent C₁-C₄-alkyl,

W¹ particularly preferably represents hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine,bromine, iodine, cyano, formyl, nitro, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy,respectively fluorine- or chlorine-substituted C₁-C₄-alkyl orC₁-C₄-alkoxy, represents C₁-C₄-alkylcarbonyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxycarbonyl or—S(O)_(o)R⁶.

W² particularly preferably represents fluorine, chlorine, bromine,cyano, formyl, nitro, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy, respectively fluorine-or chlorine-substituted C₁-C₄-alkyl or C₁-C₄-alkoxy, representsC₁-C₄-alkylcarbonyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxycarbonyl, —S(O)_(o)R⁶ or —C(R¹⁷)═N—R²¹.

W³ particularly preferably represents fluorine, chlorine, bromine,cyano, nitro, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy, respectively fluorine- orchlorine-substituted C₁-C₄-alkyl or C₁-C₄-alkoxy, representsdi-C₁-C₄-alkylamino, —S(O)_(o)R⁶, —COOR²⁵ or —CONR²⁶R²⁷.

R²⁵ particularly preferably represents hydrogen, C₁-C₄-alkyl, fluorine-or chlorine-substituted C₁-C₄-alkyl, represents C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl whichis optionally substituted by fluorine, chlorine, C₁-C₄-alkyl orfluorine- or chlorine-substituted C₁-C₄-alkyl, or represents phenylwhich is optionally mono- to trisubstituted by radicals from the listW⁴.

R²⁶ and R²⁷ independently of one another each particularly preferablyrepresent hydrogen, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₃-C₆-alkenyl, respectively fluorine-or chlorine-substituted C₁-C₄-alkyl or C₃-C₆-alkenyl, representC₁-C₄-alkoxy, represent C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl orC₃-C₆-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl, each of which is optionally substituted byfluorine, chlorine, C₁-C₄-alkyl or fluorine- or chlorine-substitutedC₁-C₄-alkyl, or represent phenyl or phenyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl, each of which isoptionally mono- to trisubstituted by radicals from the list W⁴,represent —OR²² or —NR²³R²⁴ or together represent —(CH₂)₅—, —(CH₂)₆— or—(CH₂)₂—O—(CH₂)₂—.

W⁴ particularly preferably represents fluorine, chlorine, bromine,cyano, nitro, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy, respectively fluorine- orchlorine-substituted C₁-C₄-alkyl or C₁-C₄-alkoxy, di-C₁-C₄-alkylamino,C₁-C₄-alkoxycarbonyl, di-C₁-C₆-alkylaminocarbonyl or —S(O)_(o)R⁶.

n very particularly preferably represents 1 or 2, especially represents1.

Ar¹ very particularly preferably represents the radical

Ar² very particularly preferably represents the radical

R¹ very particularly preferably represents fluorine, chlorine, bromine,methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl,tert-butyl, methoxy, ethoxy, n-propoxy, isopropoxy, n-butoxy, isobutoxy,sec-butoxy, tert-butoxy.

R² and R³ independently of one another each very particularly preferablyrepresent hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, methyl, ethyl,n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, methoxy,ethoxy, n-propoxy, isopropoxy, n-butoxy, isobutoxy, sec-butoxy,tert-butoxy.

R⁴ very particularly preferably represents a substituent in meta- orparaposition from the group consisting of fluorine, chlorine, bromine,iodine, cyano, —CO—NR¹⁰R¹¹, tetrahydropyranyl or one of the groupingsbelow

(l) —X—A

R⁵ very particularly preferably represents hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine,bromine, methyl, ethyl, methoxy, ethoxy, methylthio, ethylthio,tri-fluoromethyl, difluoromethoxy, trifluoromethoxy ortrifluoromethylthio.

o very particularly preferably represents 0 or 2.

R⁶ particularly preferably represents methyl, ethyl, n-propyl,isopropyl, difluoromethyl or trifluoromethyl.

R¹⁰ and R¹¹ independently of one another each very particularlypreferably represent hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl,n-butyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl or represent phenyl or benzyl,each of which is optionally monosubstituted by a radical from the listW¹.

X very particularly preferably represents a direct bond, oxygen,sulphur, carbonyl, —CH₂—, —(CH₂)₂—, —CH═CH—(E or Z), —C≡C—, —CH₂O—,—(CH₂)₂O—, —CH(CH₃)O—, —OCH₂—, —O(CH₂)₂—, —SCH₂—, —S(CH₂)₂—, —SCH(CH₃)—,C₁-C₄-alkylenedioxy, in particular —OCH₂O—, —O(CH₂)₂O— or —OCH(CH₃)O—.

A very particularly preferably represents phenyl which is optionallymono- or disubstituted by radicals from the list W¹ or represents furyl,benzofuryl, thienyl, benzothienyl, oxazolyl, benzoxazolyl, thiazolyl,benzthiazolyl, pyrrolyl, pyridyl, pyrimidyl, 1,3,5-triazinyl,quinolinyl, isoquinolinyl, indolyl, purinyl, benzodioxolyl, indanyl,benzodioxanyl or chromanyl, each of which is optionally mono- ordisubstituted by radicals from the list W².

Z very particularly preferably represents oxygen or sulphur.

D very particularly preferably represents hydrogen, methyl, ethyl,n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, theisomeric pentyls, the isomeric hexyls, n-heptyl, n-octyl, n-isooctyl,n-nonyl, n-decyl, n-undecyl, n-dodecyl, n-tridecyl, n-tetradecyl,n-pentadecyl, n-hexadecyl, 2-propenyl, butenyl, pentenyl, hexenyl,propargyl, butinyl, pentinyl, —CF₃, —CHF₂, —CCIF₂, —CF₂CHFCl, —CF₂CH₂F,—CF₂CHF₂, —CF₂CCl₃, —CH₂CF₃, —CF₂CHFCF₃, —CH₂CF₂CHF₂, —CH₂CF₂CF₃,represents cyclopropyl cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl,cyclopropylmethyl, cyclobutylmethyl, cyclopentylmethyl orcyclohexylmethyl, each of which is optionally mono- to trisubstituted byfluorine, chlorine, bromine, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl,n-butyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, ethenyl, 1-propenyl,2,2-dimethylethenyl, —CH═CCl₂, phenyl, styryl, respectively fluorine-,chlorine- or bromine-substituted phenyl or 4-chlorostyryl, representsrespectively optionally fluorine-, chlorine-, methyl-, ethyl-,n-propyl-, isopropyl-, n-butyl-, isobutyl-, sec-butyl- ortert-butyl-substituted cyclopentenyl, cyclohexenyl, cyclohexenylmethylor cyclopentenylmethyl, represents benzyl, phenethyl, naphthylmethyl,tetrahydronaphthylmethyl, furylmethyl, thienylmethyl, pyrrolylmethyl,oxazolylmethyl, isoxazolylmethyl, thiazolylmethyl or pyridylmethyl, eachof which is optionally mono- or disubstituted by nitro, fluorine,chlorine, bromine, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl,isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, methoxy, ethoxy, n-propoxy, isopropoxy,n-butoxy, isobutoxy, sec-butoxy, tert-butoxy, trifluoromethyl,trifluoromethoxy, difluoromethoxy or chlorodifluoromethoxy, represents—CO—R¹², —CO—NR¹³R¹⁴ or the grouping

—(CH₂)_(p)—(CR¹⁵R¹⁶)_(q)—(CH₂)_(r)—G.

Z and D also very particularly preferably together representphenoxymethyl which is optionally mono- or disubstituted by nitro,fluorine, chlorine, bromine, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl,methoxy, ethoxy, n-propoxy, isopropoxy, trifluoromethyl,trifluoromethoxy, difluoromethoxy or chlorodifluoromethoxy.

Y very particularly preferably represents a direct bond, oxygen,sulphur, carbonyl, —CH₂—, —(CH₂)₂—, —CH═CH—(E or Z), —C≡C—, —CH₂O—,—(CH₂)₂O—, —CH(CH₃)O—, —OCH₂—, —O(CH₂)₂—, —SCH₂—, —S(CH₂)₂—, —SCH(CH₃)—,C₁-C₄-alkylenedioxy, in particular —OCH₂O— or —O(CH₂)₂O— or representsp-phenylene which is optionally monosubstituted by a radical from thelist W¹.

E very particularly preferably represents hydrogen, methyl, ethyl,n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, theisomeric pentyls, the isomeric hexyls, n-heptyl, n-octyl, n-isooctyl,n-nonyl, n-decyl, n-undecyl, n-dodecyl, n-tridecyl, n-tetradecyl,n-pentadecyl, n-hexadecyl, 2-propenyl, butenyl, pentenyl, hexenyl,propargyl, butinyl, pentinyl, —CF₃, —CHF₂, —CClF₂, —CF₂CHFCl, —CF₂CH₂F,—CF₂CHF₂, —CF₂CCl₃, —CH₂CF₃, —CF₂CHFCF₃, —CH₂CF₂CHF₂, —CH₂CF₂CF₃,represents cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl or cyclohexyl, each ofwhich is optionally mono- to trisubstituted by fluorine, chlorine,bromine, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl,sec-butyl, tert-butyl, ethenyl, 1-propenyl, 2,2-dimethylethenyl,—CH═CCl₂, phenyl, styryl, respectively fluorine-, chlorine- orbromine-substituted phenyl or by 4-chlorostyryl, represents respectivelyoptionally fluorine-, chlorine-, methyl-, ethyl-, n-propyl-, isopropyl-,n-butyl-, isobutyl-, sec-butyl- or tert-butyl-substituted cyclopentenylor cyclohexenyl, represents phenyl which is optionally mono- ordisubstituted by radicals from the list W¹, represents furyl, thienyl,pyrrolyl, oxazolyl, isoxazolyl, thiazolyl or pyridyl, each of which isoptionally mono- or disubstituted by radicals from the list W², orrepresents the grouping

—(CH₂)_(p)—(CR¹⁵R¹⁶)_(q)—(CH₂)_(r)—G.

R¹² very particularly preferably represents methyl, ethyl, n-propyl,isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, methoxy, ethoxy,n-propoxy, isopropoxy, n-butoxy, isobutoxy, sec-butoxy, tert-butoxy,cyclopropyl, cyclohexyl, cyclohexyloxy, cyclohexylmethyloxy, phenyl,2-chlorophenyl, 3-chlorophenyl, 2,6-difluorophenyl, 2,4-dichlorophenyl,3,4-dichlorophenyl, 2-trifluoromethoxyphenyl or4-trifluoromethoxyphenyl.

R¹³ very particularly preferably represents hydrogen.

R¹⁴ very particularly preferably represents methyl, ethyl or representsphenyl which is optionally monosubstituted by chlorine.

p, q and r independently of one another each very particularlypreferably represent 0, 1, 2 or 3, their sum being smaller than 4.

R¹⁵ and R¹⁶ independently of one another each very particularlypreferably represent hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl,n-butyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl.

G very particularly preferably represents cyano, represents5,6-dihydrodioxazin-2-yl, 3-pyridyl, 3-furyl, 3-thienyl, 2-thiazolyl,5-thiazolyl, 2-dioxolanyl, 1,3-dioxan-2-yl, 2-dithiolanyl,1,3-dithian-2-yl or 1,3-thioxan-2-yl, each of which is optionally mono-to trisubstituted by fluorine, chlorine, bromine, methyl, ethyl,n-propyl, isopropyl or trifluoromethyl and, at the attachment point,optionally by the radical R¹⁷, or represents one of the groupings below:

(a) —CO—R¹⁷

(b) —CO—OR¹⁸

(c) —CO—NR¹⁹R²⁰

(d) —CS—NR¹⁹R²⁰

R¹⁷ very particularly preferably represents hydrogen, methyl, ethyl,n-propyl, 15 isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, theisomeric pentyls, the isomeric hexyls, —CF₃, —CHF₂, —CClF₂, —CF₂CHFCl,—CF₂CH₂F, —CF₂CHF₂, —CF₂CCl₃, —CH₂CF₃, C₃-C₆-alkenyl, C₃-C₆-alkenylwhich is mono- to trisubstituted by fluorine or chlorine, representscyclopropyl, cyclopentyl or cyclohexyl, each of which is optionallymono- or disubstituted by fluorine, chlorine, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl,isopropyl, —CF₃, —CHF₂, —CClF₂, —CF₂CHFCl, —CF₂CH₂F, —CF₂CHF₂, —CF₂CCl₃or —CH₂CF₂, or represents phenyl which is optionally mono- ordisubstituted by methylcarbonylamino, ethylcarbonylamino,methylcarbonyl-methylamino and/or radicals from the list W³.

R¹⁸ very particularly preferably represents hydrogen, methyl, ethyl,n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, —CH₂CF₃,allyl, represents cyclopropyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl,cyclopropylmethyl, cyclopentylmethyl, cyclohexylmethyl,cyclopropylmethyl, cyclopentylethyl or cyclohexylethyl, each of which isoptionally mono- or disubstituted by fluorine, chlorine, methyl, ethyl,n-propyl, isopropyl, —CF₃, —CHF₂, —CClF₂, —CF₂CHFCl, —CF₂CH₂F, —CF₂CHF₂,—CF₂CCl₃ or —CH₂CF₃, or represents benzyl or phenethyl, each of which isoptionally mono- or disubstituted by radicals from the list W³.

R¹⁹ and R²⁰ independently of one another each very particularlypreferably represent hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl,n-butyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, —CH₂CF₃, methoxy, ethoxy,allyl, represent cyclopropyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl,cyclopropylmethyl, cyclopentylmethyl or cyclohexylmethyl, each of whichis optionally mono- or disubstituted by fluorine, chlorine, methyl,ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl or trifluoromethyl, represent phenyl, benzylor phenethyl, each of which is optionally mono- or disubstituted byradicals from the list W³, represent —OR¹⁸ or —NR¹⁷R¹⁸.

R²¹ very particularly preferably represents —OR¹⁸, —NR¹⁷R¹⁸ or—N(R¹⁷)—COOR¹⁸.

R²², R²³ and R²⁴ independently of one another each very particularlypreferably represent methyl, ethyl, n-propyl or isopropyl.

W¹ very particularly preferably represents hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine,bromine, cyano, formyl, nitro, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl,n-butyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, methoxy, ethoxy, n-propoxy,isopropoxy, n-butoxy, isobutoxy, sec-butoxy, tert-butoxy, —CF₃, —CHF₂,—CClF₂, —CF₂CHFCl, —CF₂CH₂F, —CF₂CHF₂, —CF₂CCl₃, —CH₂CF₃, —CF₂CHFCF₃,—CH₂CF₂CHF₂, —CH₂CF₂CF₃, trifluoromethoxy, difluoromethoxy,chlorodifluoromethoxy, acetyl, propionyl, butyryl, isobutyryl,methoxycarbonyl, ethoxycarbonyl, n-propoxycarbonyl, isopropoxycarbonyl,n-butoxycarbonyl, isobutyloxycarbonyl, sec-butoxycarbonyl,tert-butoxycarbonyl or —S(O)_(o)R⁶.

W² very particularly preferably represents fluorine, chlorine, bromine,cyano, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, trifluoromethyl,trifluoromethoxy, difluoromethoxy, chlorodifluoromethoxy, acetyl,trifluoromethylthio or —CH═N—OCH₃, —CH═N—OC₂H₅, —CH═N—OC₃H₇,—C(CH₃)═N—OCH₃, —C(CH₃)═N—OC₂H₅, —C(CH₃)═N—OC₃H₇, —C(C₂H₅)═N—OCH₃,—C(C₂H₅)═N—OC₂H₅ or —C(C₂H₅)═N—OC₃H₇.

W³ very particularly preferably represents fluorine, chlorine, cyano,nitro, methyl, ethyl, methoxy, ethoxy, methylthio, trifluoromethyl,trifluoromethoxy, trifluoromethylthio, dimethylamino, diethylamino,—COOR²⁵ or —CONR²⁶R²⁷.

R²⁵ very particularly preferably represents hydrogen, methyl, ethyl,n-propyl, isopropyl, tert-butyl, —CH₂CF₃, represents cyclopropyl,cyclopentyl or cyclohexyl, each of which is optionally mono- ordisubstituted by fluorine, chlorine, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropylor —CF₃, or represents phenyl which is optionally mono- or disubstitutedby radicals from the list W⁴.

R²⁶ and R²⁷ independently of one another each very particularlypreferably represent hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl,n-butyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, —CH₂CF₃, methoxy, ethoxy,allyl, represent cyclopropyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl,cyclopropylmethyl, cyclopentylmethyl or cyclohexylmethyl, each of whichis optionally mono- or disubstituted by fluorine or chlorine, representphenyl, benzyl or phenethyl, each of which is optionally mono- ordisubstituted by radicals from the list W⁴, represent —OR²² or NR²³R²⁴.

W⁴ very particularly preferably represents fluorine, chlorine, bromine,cyano, nitro, methyl, ethyl, tert-butyl, methoxy, ethoxy, methylthio,trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy or trifluoromethylthio.

Furthermore, preference is given to compounds of the formula (I-a)

in which

R¹, R², R³, R⁵ and n each have the abovementioned general, preferred,particularly preferred or very particularly preferred meanings,

R⁴ represents phenyl which is mono- or disubstituted by radicals fromthe list W¹ or one of the groupings below

(m-b) —B—O—D

(i) —Y—E,

B represents p-phenylene which is optionally monosubstituted by aradical from the list W¹,

Y represents a direct bond or represents p-phenylene which is optionallymono- or disubstituted by radicals from the list W¹ and

D and E each have the abovementioned very particularly preferredmeanings where

G represents cyano or one of the groupings below

(a) —CO—R¹⁷

 in which

R¹⁷ and R²¹ each have the abovementioned general, preferred,particularly or very particularly preferred meanings and

W¹ has the abovementioned general, preferred, particularly preferred orvery particularly preferred meaning.

Furthermore, preference is given to compounds of the formula (I-f)

in which

R¹ represents halogen, in particular fluorine or chlorine, especiallyfluorine,

R² represents halogen, in particular fluorine or chlorine, especiallyfluorine and

R⁴ represents

a) phenyl which is mono- or disubstituted by radicals from the list W²or

b) hetaryl (in particular furyl, thienyl, pyrrolyl, oxazolyl,isoxazolyl, thiazolyl or pyridyl, especially thienyl) which is mono ordisubstituted by radicals from the list W².

The abovementioned general or preferred definitions of radicals orillustrations can be combined with each other as desired, that is to saycombinations between the respective ranges and preferred ranges are alsopossible. The definitions apply to the end products and,correspondingly, to the precursors and intermediates. Preferenceaccording to the invention is given to compounds of the formula (I)which contain a combination of the definitions given above as beingpreferred (preferably).

Particular preference according to the invention is given to compoundsof the formula (I) which contain a combination of the definitions givenabove as being particularly preferred.

Very particular preference according to the invention is given tocompounds of the formula (I) which contain a combination of thedefinitions given above as being very particularly preferred.

Saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon radicals such as alkyl or alkenylmay be—also in connection with hetero atoms such as, for example, inalkoxy—in each case straight-chain or branched as far as this ispossible.

Optionally substituted radicals may be mono- or polysubstituted, thesubstituents in the case of polysubstitution being identical ordifferent. If several radicals have identical indices, such as, forexample, m radicals R⁵ in the case m>1, these radicals may be identicalor different.

If, for example,[1-(4-ethyl-2-methyl-phenyl)-5-(2-methylbenzoyl)-1-pentyl]-ammoniumtrifluoroacetate is employed as starting material, the course of thereaction of process (A) according to the invention may be illustrated bythe following scheme:

If, for example, 2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-cyclopentanoneO-methanesulphonyloxime and 2-tolylmagnesium bromide are employed asstarting materials, the course of the reaction of process (B) accordingto the invention may be illustrated by the following scheme:

If, for example,2-(2-methylphenyl)-5-(4-iodophenyl)-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrrole and4-cyanomethoxyphenylboronic acid are employed as starting materials, thecourse of the reaction of process (C) according to the invention may beillustrated by the following scheme:

If, for example,2-(2-bromo-4-fluoro-6-methyl-phenyl)-5-(3′-chloro-4′-hydroxybiphenyl-4-yl)-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrroleand methyl α-bromovalerate are employed as starting materials, thecourse of the reaction of process (D) according to the invention may beillustrated by the following scheme:

If, for example,6-(4′-cyclopropylcarbonylmethoxy-3-trifluoromethoxy-biphenyl-4-yl)-(2-methylphenyl)-3,4,5,6,-tetrahydropyridine and o-methylhydroxylamine areemployed as starting materials, the course of tile reaction of process(E) according to the invention may be illustrated by the followingscheme

The aminoketones required for carrying out process (A) according to theinvention are defined in a general way by the formula (II). In thisformula, Ar¹, Ar² and n each preferably have those meanings alreadymentioned in connection with the description of the cyclic imines of theformula (I) as preferred. The aminoketones of the formula (II) arenovel.

Aminoketones of the formula (II) can be prepared, for example, bydetaching the BOC (tert-butoxycarbonyl) protecting group of theaminoketone derivatives of the formula (VIII) which are also new in aprocess (A.a) according to the scheme below:

The reaction can be carried out, if appropriate, in the presence of asolvent such as, for example, dichloromethane by means of conventionalmethods for detaching a tert-butyloxycarbonyl amino protecting group,preferably by acidolysis using tri-fluoroacetic acid (cf. for example T.W. Greene, P. G. M. Wuts, Protective Groups in Organic Synthesis, 2ndEd., John Wiley & Sons, New York 1991). Here, the aminoketones of theformula (II) are preferably isolated as salts of an organic or inorganicBronstedt acid, such as, for example, hydrogen fluoride, hydrogenchloride, sulphuric acid, phosphoric acid, formic acid, acetic acid,benzoic acid, citric acid, trifluoroacetic acid, methanesulphonic acid,trifluoromethanesulphonic acid or toluenesulphonic acid.

Aminoketone derivatives of the formula (VIII) can be prepared forexample by reacting BOC-protected lactams of the formula (IX) withmetalated aromatics of the formula (X) at temperatures between 0° C. and80° C. according to the following scheme:

In the formula (X), Met represents a monovalent metal radical such asLi, MgI, MgBr or MgCl.

Some of the metalated aromatics of the formula (X) are known, or theycan be prepared by known methods such as, for example, lithiation orGrignard reaction, from the corresponding aromatics orhalogenoaromatics.

Protected lactams of the formula (IX) are obtained, for example, byBOC-protecting lactams of the formula (XI) by conventional methods suchas, for example, metalation with butyllithium and reaction withdi-tert-butyl dicarbonate (cf. for example T. W. Greene, P. G. M. Wuts,Protective Groups in Organic Synthesis, 2nd Ed., John Wiley & Sons, NewYork 1991).

Lactams of the formula (XI) can be prepared, for example, starting fromω-alkoxylactams of the formula (XII) by two methods. They can be reactedwith aromatics of the formula (XIII) in the presence of an acidcatalyst, such as, for example, sulphuric acid, acetic acid or aluminumchloride, and optionally in the presence of a diluent, such as, forexample, dichloromethane or acetonitrile, according to the followingscheme:

Alternatively, they can be reacted with aryl Grignard compounds of theformula (XIV) in the presence of a diluent, such as, for example,tetrahydrofuran, according to the following scheme [cf. Org. Prep.Proced. Int. 25, 255 (1993)]:

In the formula (XII) R²⁸ represents methyl or ethyl. In the formula(XIV), Hal represents chlorine, bromine or iodine.

The ω-alkoxylactams of the formula (XII) are known and some of them arecommercially available. They can be prepared for example from thecorresponding unsubstituted imides by cathodic or sodium boranatereduction or from the unsubstituted lactams by anodic oxidation, in eachcase in the presence of methanol or ethanol (cf. for example J. Org.Chem. 56, 1822 (1991); Synthesis 1980, 315).

The aromatics of the formula (XIII) are benzene derivatives which aregenerally known or which can be prepared by employing, a wide variety ofgenerally known methods of organic chemistry.

The aryl Grignard compounds of the formula (XIV) can be prepared in aconventional manner from the corresponding aryl halides and magnesium.Aryl halides are generally known compounds of organic chemistry.

Lactams of the formula (XI) can also be prepared for example bycyclizing substituted ω-benzoylcarboxylic acids of the formula (XV) witha reagent prepared from ammonium carbonate and formic acid at boilingpoint according to the following scheme [cf. Recl. Trav. Chim. Bays-Bas81, 788 (1962)]:

The ω-benzoylcarboxylic acids of the formula (XV) required here can beprepared for example by reacting the dicarboxylic anhydrides of theformula (XVI) with aromatics of the formula (XIII) in the presence of aLewis acid such as, for example, aluminum chloride and, if appropriate,in the presence of a diluent such as, for example, benzene, according tothe following scheme [cf. Recl. Trav. Chim. Bays-Bas 81, 788 (1962)]:

The anhydrides required here are (succinic and glutaric anhydride) orwere (adipic anhydride) commercially available [for the preparation ofadipic anhydride cf. for example Chem. Ber. 120, 285 (1987)].

If Ar² in the active compound of the formula (I) according to theinvention represents an optionally substituted biphenylyl such as in theformula (I-b) shown further above, the corresponding biphenyllactams ofthe formula (XI-a) can be prepared in an advantageous variant of theprocess described here by reacting, by the method of the process (C),described above and further below, certain phenyllactams of the formula(XVII) with boronic acids of the formula (VI) according to the followingscheme:

The phenyllactams of the formula (XVII) in which X¹ represents bromineor iodine are a subset of the compounds of the formula (XI) whosepreparation is described above. The phenyllactams of the formula (XVII)in which X¹ represents trifluoromethanesulphonyl can be prepared by themethod of process (C) from the corresponding compounds of the formula(XI) in which Ar² is substituted by R⁴=hydroxyl.

The novel aminoketones of the formula (II) can also be prepared, forexample, by reducing the nitro group of the nitroketones of the formula(XVIII) which are also novel in a process (A.b) according to thefollowing scheme:

The reduction can be carried out by catalytic hydrogenation or othergenerally known methods for reducing nitro groups (cf. for exampleHouben-Weyl, Methoden der Organischen Chemie, Georg Thieme VerlagStuttgart, Volume 11/1, 394-409 and Volume 4/1c, 490-506). Preference isgiven to the methods where the reaction is carried out in acid medium,since the aminoketones of the formula (II) are preferably isolated assalts.

Nitroketones of the formula (XVIII) can be prepared for example bycondensing ω-chloroalkylphenylketones of the formula (XXI) in thepresence of a diluent such as, for example, methanol, ethanol, anotherlower aliphatic alcohol or tetrahydrofuran and in the presence of anacid binding agent such as, for example, sodium hydride or an alkalimetal alkoxide, preferably of the corresponding alcohol employed asdiluent, according to the scheme below:

The ω-chloroalkylphenylketones of the formula (XXI) are commerciallyavailable, known or can be prepared by employing known methods, forexample by Friedel-Crafts-acylation of corresponding benzene derivativesof the formula (XXII) (see below) with 3-chloropropionyl chloride,4-chlorobutyryl chloride or 5-chloropentanoic acid chloride.

The nitromethylbenzenes of the formula (XIX) are known or can beprepared in a known manner, such as, for example, by nitration of thecorresponding toluenes in the side chain or reaction of thecorresponding benzyl halides with silver nitrite [cf. for example J. Am.Chem. Soc. 77, 6269 (1955); J. Am. Chem. Soc. 86, 2681 (1964);Houben-Weyl, Methoden der Organischen Chemie, Georg Thieme VerlagStuttgart, Volume 10/1, 46-57 (halogen substitution), Volume E16,145-154 (both methods)]. The toluenes or benzyl halides required aregenerally known compounds of organic chemistry.

The nitroketones of the formula (XVIII) in which n equals 1 (XVIII-a)can be prepared for example by Michael addition of nitromethylbenzenesof the formula (XIX) to phenyl vinyl ketones of the formula (XX) in thepresence of a diluent such as, for example, methanol, ethanol or anotherlower aliphatic alcohol and in the presence of an acid binder such as,for example, preferably an alkali metal alkoxide of the correspondingalcohol employed as diluent, according to the scheme below (cf. forexample J. Prakt. Chem., Series 4, 1, 57 (1955); Houben-Weyl, Methodender Organischen Chemie, Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart, Volume 10/1,199-206):

The phenyl vinyl ketones of the formula (XX) can be prepared for exampleby eliminating hydrogen chloride from β-chloropropiophenones of theformula (XXI-a) which are obtainable for example by Friedel-Craftsacylation of the corresponding benzene derivatives of the formula (XXII)with 3-chloropropionyl chloride, in the presence of an acid binder suchas, for example, potassium acetate and in the presence of a diluent suchas, for example, methanol, according to the following scheme [cf. forexample J. Prakt. Chem., Series 4, 1, 57 (1955)]:

Some of the benzene derivatives of the formula (XXII) are commerciallyavailable or known, or they can be prepared by generally known methodsof the chemistry of aromatics.

The phenyl vinyl ketones of the formula (XX) can also be prepared byreacting O-methyl methylbenzohydroxamates of the formula (XXIII) withvinyl magnesium bromide according to the following scheme:

Some of the O-methyl methylbenzohydroxamates of the formula (XXIII) areknown (“Weinreb amides”), or they can be prepared by known methods, forexample from the corresponding benzoic acid derivatives [cf. for exampleTetrahedron Lett. 22, 3815 (1981)].

Since some of the phenyl vinyl ketones of the formula (XX) are unstablethey are, in a preferred variant for preparing the nitroketones of theformula (XVIII-a), directly reacted with nitromethylbenzenes of theformula (XIX).

Nitroketones of the formula (XVIII-a) can also be prepared by addingenamines of methyl phenyl ketones of the formula (XXVI) toα-nitrostyrenes of the formula (XXVII) and hydrolyzing the reactionproduct under acidic conditions according to the following scheme:

In the formulae (XXIV), (XXV) and (XXVI), R²⁹ and R³⁰ together with thenitrogen atom to which they are attached represent a cyclic aminoradical such as, for example, 1-pyrrolidino, 1-piperidino or4-morpholino.

In most instances, the addition proceeds in a [4+2]-cycloaddition toafford 1,2-oxazine N-oxide derivatives of the formula (XXV) which can beisolated, and the reaction is, if appropriate, carried out in thepresence of an a polar diluent such as, for example, diethyl ether, at,for example, −80° to +20° C. The hydrolysis is carried out using forexample aqueous mineral acids such as hydrochloric acid, if appropriatein the presence of methanol or ethanol [cf. for example Helv. Chim. Acta68, 162 (1985); Tetrahedron 45, 2099 (1989)]. In many instances it isadvantageous first to open the ring to afford compounds of the formula(XXIV) by simple dissolution of the 1,2-oxazine N-oxide derivative inmethanol or ethanol, since the undesirable Nef reaction which yields thecorresponding diketo compound will otherwise take place as a competingreaction [cf. for example Tetrahedron 45, 2099 (1989)].

Some of the enamines of the formula (XXVI) are known, or they can beprepared for example from appropriately substituted acetophenones andcyclic amines by standard procedures (for example Org. Syntheses Vol.58, 56, John Wiley & Sons, New York). Some of the acetophenones requiredare commercially available or known, or they can be prepared by knownmethods of the chemistry of aromatics.

Some of the nitrostyrenes of the formula (XXVII) are known, or they canbe prepared for example by formulation of the nitromethylbenzenes of theformula (XIX) given above (cf. for example Houben-Weyl, Methoden derOrganischen Chemie, Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart, Volume E16, 215).

The novel aminoketones of the formula (II) can also be prepared forexample by hydrolyzing imines of the formula (XXVIII) in a process (A.c)according to the following scheme:

The hydrolysis can be carried out by generally known methods for exampleusing aqueous hydrochloric acid. Here, the aminoketones of the formula(II) are also preferably isolated as their salts, for example ashydrochlorides, as described further above.

The imines of the formula (XXVIII) in which n equals 1 (XXVIII-a) can beprepared for example by carrying, out Michael additions ofN-diphenylmethylenebenzylamines of the formula (XXIX) to phenyl vinylketones of the formula (XX) according to the following scheme:

The addition is carried out in the presence of an acid binder and in thepresence of a diluent such as, for example, acetonitrile ordichloromethane and, if appropriate, in the presence of a reactionauxiliary, for example at room temperature. A preferred acid binder isaqueous alkali such as 50% strength aqueous sodium hydroxide solution inthe presence of a phase transfer catalyst such as, for example,triethylbenzylammonium chloride as reaction auxiliary [cf. for exampleSynth. Commun. 17, 211 (1987)].

The preparation of the phenyl vinyl ketones of the formula (XX) isdescribed further above. The N-dimethylmethylenebenzylamines of theformula (XXIX) are obtained for example by reacting the correspondingbenzylamines with benzophenone (cf. for example Tetrahedron Lett. 1978,2641). The benzylamines required for this purpose are known, or they canbe prepared by known methods such as, for example, aminolysis of thecorresponding benzyl halides (see above). The cyclic O-methanesulphonyloximes required for carrying out process (B) according to the inventionare defined in a general way by the formula (III). In this formula Ar²and n both preferably have those meanings already mentioned inconnection with the description of cyclic amines of the formula (I) aspreferred. The O-methanesulphonyl oximes of the formula (III) are novel.

The O-methylsulphonyl oximes of the formula (III) can be prepared forexample by first converting cyclic α-aryl ketones of the formula (XXXI)by generally known methods into their oximes of the formula (XXX) andthen reacting these with methanesulphonyl chloride by the method of themesylation of alcohols according to the following scheme:

Cyclic α-aryl ketones of the formula (XXXI) can be prepared for exampleby epoxidizing 1-arylcycloalkenes of the formula (XXXIII) byconventional methods, for example using m-chloroperbenzoic acid, to giveoxiranes of the formula (XXXII), and then isomerizing these by acidwork-up according to the following scheme [cf. for example Tetrahedron30, 2027 (1974)]:

Of course it is also possible to isomerize oxiranes of the formula(XXXII) obtained by different routes to cyclic α-aryl ketones of theformula (XXXI), for example by shaking a solution in chloroform with 20%strength sulphuric acid.

1-arylcycloalkenes of the formula (XXXIII) can be prepared for exampleby reacting the aryl Grignard compounds of the formula (XIV) describedfurther above with ketones of the formula (XXXV) under usual Grignardconditions and dehydrating the cyclic benzyl alcohols of the formula(XXXIV), for example obtained in this manner, according to the followingscheme:

The dehydration can be carried out for example by dissolving the alcoholin a little of a polar solvent such as hexane and stirring withhalf-concentrated sulphuric acid, for example at 0° to 20° C. [cf. forexample Tetrahedron 30, 2027 (1974)].

The ketones of the formula (XXXV), cyclobutanone, cyclopentanone andcyclohexanone are all commercially available.

The aryl Grignard compounds further required for carrying out process(B) according to the invention are defined in a general way by theformula (IV). In this formula, Ar¹ preferably has that meaning alreadymentioned in connection with the description of the cyclic imines of theformula (I) as preferred.

Aryl Grignard compounds of the formula (IV) are known, or they can beprepared by Grignard reaction from the corresponding aryl halides andmagnesium. Aryl halides are generally known compounds of organicchemistry.

The cyclic imines of the formula (V) required for carrying out process(C) according to the invention are, in as far as X¹ represents bromineor iodine, subsets of the compounds of the general formula (I)according, to the invention and can be prepared for example by process(A) or (B). If X¹ represents trifluoromethanesulphonyl, the compounds ofthe formula (V-a) can be prepared by reaction of hydroxyl compounds ofthe formula (I-f) which can also be prepared by process (A) or (B) usingtrifluoromethanesulphonyl chloride or trifluoromethanesulphonicanhydride in the presence of an acid binder such as, for example,pyridine and if appropriate in the presence of a diluent according tothe following scheme:

The boronic acids also required for carrying out process (C) accordingto the invention are defined in a general way by the formula (VI). Inthis formula, R⁴⁻¹ preferably has that meaning already mentioned inconnection with the description of the cyclic imines of the formula(I-b) as preferred.

Aromatic boronic acids of the formula (VI) are known, or they can beprepared by known methods [cf. Chem. Rev. 45, 2457 (1995); Pure Appl.Chem. 66, 213 (1994)].

The cyclic imines of the formula (I-d) required for carrying out process(D) according to the invention are subsets of the compounds of thegeneral formula (I) according to the invention and can be prepared forexample by processes (A) to (C).

The compounds further required for carrying out process (D) according tothe invention are defined by formula (VII). In this formula, R¹⁵, R¹⁶,G, p, q and r each preferably have those meanings already mentioned inconnection with the description of the cyclic imines of the formula (D)as preferred. Ab represents a conventional leaving group such as, forexample, halogen, in particular chlorine or bromine; alkylsulphonyloxy,in particular methylsulphonyloxy; or optionally substitutedarenesulphonyloxy, in particular phenylsulphonyloxy,p-chlorosulphonyloxy or p-tolylsulphonyloxy.

The compounds of the formula (VII) are generally known compounds oforganic chemistry.

If appropriate, the process (A) according to the invention is carriedout in the presence of a suitable acid acceptor. Suitable acid acceptorsare all conventional inorganic or organic bases. These includepreferably alkaline earth metal or alkali metal hydroxides, amides,alkoxides, acetates, carbonates or bicarbonates, such as, for example,sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide or ammonium hydroxide, sodiumamide, lithium diisopropylamide, sodium methoxide, sodium ethoxide,potassium tert-butoxide, sodium acetate, potassium acetate, calciumacetate or ammonium acetate, sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate orammonium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate or potassium bicarbonate, andtertiary amines, such as trimethylamine, triethylamine, tributylamine,N,N-dimethylaniline, N,N-dimethylbenzylamine, pyridine,N-methyl-piperidine, N-methylmorpholine, N,N-dimethylaminopyridine,diazabicyclooctane (DABCO), diazabicyclononene (DBN) ordiazabicycloundecene (DBU).

If appropriate, the process (A) according to the invention is carriedout in the presence of a diluent. Suitable diluents are water, organicsolvents and mixtures thereof. Examples include aliphatic, alicyclic oraromatic hydrocarbons, such as, for example petroleum ether, hexane,heptane, cyclohexane, methylcyclohexane, benzene, toluene, xylene ordecalin; halogenated hydrocarbons, such as, for example, chlorobenzene,dichlorobenzene, methylene chloride, chloroform, carbon tetrachloride,dichloroethane, trichloroethane or tetrachloroethylene; ethers, such asdiethyl ether, diisopropyl ether, methyl t-butyl ether, methyl t-amylether, dioxan, tetrahydrofuran, 1,2-dimethoxyethane, 1,2-diethoxyethane,diethylene glycol dimethyl ether or anisole, ketones, such as acetone,butanone, methyl isobutyl ketone or cyclohexanone; nitriles, such asacetonitrile, propionitrile, n- or i-butyronitrile or benzonitrile;amides, such as formamide, N,N-dimethylformamide, N,N-dimethylacetamide,N-methylformanilide, N-methylpyrrolidone or hexamethylphosphorictriamide; N-oxides such as N-methylmorpholine N-oxide, esters such asmethyl acetate, ethyl acetate or butyl acetate; sulphoxides, such asdimethyl sulphoxide; sulphones, such as sulpholane; alcohols, such asmethanol, ethanol, n- or i-propanol, n-, iso-, sec- or tert-butanol,ethanediol, propane-1,2-diol, ethoxyethanol, methoxyethanol, diethyleneglycol monomethyl ether, diethylene glycol monoethyl ether; water.

The reaction temperature of the process (A) according to the inventioncan be varied within a relatively wide range. Generally, the process iscarried out at temperatures between −50° C. and +150° C., preferablybetween −20° C. and +100° C.

In the process (A) practice according to the invention, the salt of thecompound of the formula (II) and the base are generally employed inequimolar amounts.

In a preferred variant of the process, the aminoketone of the formula(II) is prepared by one of the routes (A.a) to (A.c) and cyclocondensedwithout isolation in a one-pot reaction by addition of a base accordingto process (A).

Suitable diluents for carrying out process (B) according to theinvention are inert organic solvents and mixtures thereof. Examplesinclude: aliphatic, alicyclic or aromatic hydrocarbons such as, forexample, petroleum ether, hexane, heptane, cyclohexane,methylcyclohexane, benzene, toluene, xylene or decalin; halogenatedhydrocarbons, such as, for example, chlorobenzene, dichlorobenzene,methylene chloride, chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, dichloroethane,trichloroethane or tetrachloroethylene; ethers, such as diethyl ether,diisopropyl ether, methyl t-butyl ether, methyl t-amyl ether, dioxane,tetrahydrofuran, 1,2-dimethoxyethane, 1,2-diethoxyethane, diethyleneglycol dimethyl ether or anisole.

Preference is given to employing a solution of the Grignard compound ofthe formula (IV) in an ether and a solution of the O-methylsulphonyloxime of the formula (III) in a hydrocarbon.

The reaction temperature of the process (B) according to the inventioncan be varied within a relatively wide range. Generally, the reaction iscarried out at temperatures between −100° C. and +50° C., preferablybetween −80° C. and +30° C.

In the practice of process (B) according to the invention, the Grignardcompound of the formula (IV) and the O-methylsulphonyl oxime of theformula (III) are employed in a molar ratio of 1:1 to 3:1, preferably1:1 to 2:1.

Suitable catalysts for carrying out process (C) according to theinvention are palladium (0) complexes. Preference is given for exampleto tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium.

Suitable acid acceptors for carrying out process (C) according to theinvention are inorganic or organic bases. These include preferablyalkaline earth metal or alkali metal hydroxides, acetates, carbonates orbicarbonates, such as, for example, sodium hydroxide, potassiumhydroxide, barium hydroxide or ammonium hydroxide, sodium acetate,potassium acetate, calcium acetate or ammonium acetate, sodiumcarbonate, potassium carbonate or ammonium carbonate, sodium bicarbonateor potassium bicarbonate, alkali metal fluorides, such as, for example,caesium fluoride, and tertiary amines, such as trimethylamine,triethylamine, tributylamine, N,N-dimethylaniline,N,N-dimethylbenzylamine, pyridine, N-methylpiperidine,N-methylmorpholine, N,N-dimethylaminopyridine, diazabicyclooctane(DABCO), diazabicyclononene (DBN) or diazabicycloundecene (DBU).

Suitable diluents for carrying out process (C) according to theinvention are water, organic solvents and mixtures thereof. Examplesinclude: aliphatic, alicyclic or aromatic hydrocarbons, such as, forexample, petroleum ether, hexane, heptane, cyclohexane,methylcyclohexane, benzene, toluene, xylene or decalin; halogenatedhydrocarbons, such as, for example, chlorobenzene, dichlorobenzene,methylene chloride, chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, dichloroethane,trichloroethane or tetrachloroethylene; ethers, such as diethyl ether,diisopropyl ether, methyl t-butyl ether, methyl t-amyl ether, dioxan,tetrahydrofuran, 1,2-dimethoxyethane, 1,2-diethoxyethane, diethyleneglycol dimethyl ether or anisole; alcohols, such as methanol, ethanol,n- or i-propanol, n-, iso-, sec- or tert-butanol, ethanediol,propane-1,2-diol, ethoxyethanol, methoxyethanol, diethylene glycolmonomethyl ether, diethylene glycol monoethyl ether.

The reaction temperature of process (C) according to the invention canbe varied within relatively wide ranges. Generally, the process iscarried out at temperatures between 0° C. and +140° C., preferablybetween 50° C. and +100° C.

In the practice of process (C) according to the invention, the boronicacid of the formula (VI) and the compound of the formula (V) areemployed in a molar ratio of 1:1 to 3:1, preferably 1:1 to 2:1.Generally, 0.005 to 0.5 mol, preferably 0.01 mol to 0.1 mol of catalystare employed per mole of the compound of the formula (V). An excess ofbase is generally employed.

The process (D) according to the invention is preferably carried out inthe presence of a suitable acid acceptor. Suitable acid acceptors areall conventional inorganic or organic bases. These include preferablyalkaline earth metal or alkali metal hydrides, hydroxides, amides,alkoxides, acetates, carbonates or bicarbonates, such as, for example,sodium hydride, sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide or ammoniumhydroxide, sodium amide, lithium diisopropylamide, sodium methoxide,sodium ethoxide, potassium tert-butoxide, sodium acetate, potassiumacetate, calcium acetate or ammonium acetate, sodium carbonate,potassium carbonate or ammonium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate orpotassium bicarbonate, and tertiary amines, such as trimethylamine,triethylamine, tributylamine, N,N-dimethylaniline,N,N-dimethylbenzylamine, pyridine, N-methylpiperidine,N-methylmorpholine, N,N-dimethylaminopyridine, diazabicyclooctane(DABCO), diazabicyclononene (DBN) or diazabicycloundecene (DBU).

The process (D) according to the invention can be carried out in thepresence of a suitable phase transfer catalyst. Examples of thesecatalysts include, tetrabutyl-ammonium iodide, tetrabutylammoniumbromide or tetrabutylammonium chloride, tributylmethylphosphoniumbromide, trimethyl-C₁₃-C₁₅-alkylammonium chloride ortrimethyl-C₁₃-C₁₅-alkylammonium bromide, dibenzyldimethylammoniummethylsulphate, dimethyl-C₁₂-C₁₄-alkylbenzylammonium chloride,15-crone-5, 18-crone-6 or tris-[2-(2-methoxyethoxy)-ethyl]-amine.

The process (D) according to the invention is preferably carried out inthe presence of a diluent. Suitable diluents are for example allsolvents listed under process (A).

The reaction temperature of process (D) according to the invention canbe varied within a relatively wide range. Generally, the reaction iscarried out at temperatures between −20° C. and +100° C., preferablybetween 0° C. and 60° C.

In the practice of process (D) according to the invention, approximatelyequimolar amounts of the starting materials are generally employed.however, it is also possible to employ an excess of the compound of theformula (VII).

The reactions of the process E) according to the invention arederivatization reactions in particular of carboxylic esters and ketonesknown to the person skilled in the art (cf. for example Houben-Weyl,Methoden der organischen Chemie, Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, Vol.VII/2, in particular 1912 ff; Vol. VIII for carboxylic esters andderivatives thereof; Vol. E5, in particular p. 812 ff and literaturecited therein).

The reactions of the processes according to the invention can be carriedout at atmospheric pressure or at elevated pressure, preference is givento working at atmospheric pressure. Work-Up is carried out by customarymethods of organic chemistry. The end products are preferably purifiedby crystallization, chromatographic purification or by removing thevolatile components, if appropriate under reduced pressure.

The active compounds are suitable for controlling animal pests, inparticular insects, arachnids and nematodes, encountered in agriculture,in forestry, in the protection of stored products and of materials, andin the hygiene field, and have good plant tolerance and low toxicity towarm-blooded animals. They are active against normally sensitive andresistant species and against all or some stages of development. Theabovementioned pests include:

From the order of the Isopoda, for example, Oniscus asellus,Armadillidium vulgare and Porcellio scaber. From the order of theDiplopoda, for example, Blaniulus guttulatus. From the order of theChilopoda, for example, Geophilus carpophagus and Scutigera spec. Fromthe order of the Symphyla, for example, Scutigerella immaculata. Fromthe order of the Thysanura, for example, Lepisma saccharina. From theorder of the Collembola, for example, Onychiurus armatus. From the orderof the Orthoptera, for example, Blatta orientalis, Periplanetaamericana, Leucophaea maderae, Blattella germanica, Acheta domesticus,Gryllotalpa spp., Locusta migratoria migratorioides, Melanoplusdifferentialis and Schistocerca gregaria. From the order of theDermaptera, for example, Forficula auricularia. From the order of theIsoptera, for example, Reticulitermes spp. From the order of theAnoplura, for example, Pediculus humanus corporis, Haematopinus spp. andLinognathus spp. From the order of the Mallophaga, for example,Trichodectes spp. and Damalinea spp. From the order of the Thysanoptera,for example, Hercinothrips femoralis and Thrips tabaci. From the orderof the Heteroptera, for example, Eurygaster spp., Dysdercus intermedius,Piesma quadrata, Cimex lectularius, Rhodnius prolixus and Triatoma spp.From the order of the Homoptera, for example, Aleurodes brassicae,Bemisia tabaci, Trialeurodes vaporariorum, Aphis gossypii, Brevicorynebrassicae, Cryptomyzus ribis, Aphis fabae, Aphis pomi, Eriosomalanigerum, Hyalopterus arundinis, Phylloxera vastatrix, Pemphigus spp.,Macrosiphum avenae, Myzus spp., Phorodon humuli, Rhopalosiphum padi,Empoasca spp., Euscelis bilobatus, Nephotettix cincticeps, Lecaniumcorni, Saissetia oleae, Laodelphax striatellus, Nilaparvata lugens,Aonidiella aurantii, Aspidiotus Hederae, Pseudococcus spp. and Psyllaspp.

From the order of the Lepidoptera, for example, Pectinophoragossypiella, Bupalus piniarius, Cheimatobia brumata, Lithocolletisblancardella, Hyponomeuta padella, Plutella maculipennis, Malacosomaneustria, Euproctis chrysorrhoea, Lymantria spp., Bucculatrixthurberiella, Phyllocnistis citrella, Agrotis spp., Euxoa spp., Feltiaspp., Earias insulana, Heliothis spp., Laphygma exigua, Mamestrabrassicae, Panolis flammea, Prodenia litura, Spodoptera spp.,Trichoplusia ni, Carpocapsa pomonella, Pieris spp., Chilo spp., Pyraustanubilalis, Ephestia kuehniella, Galleria mellonella, Tineolabisselliella, Tinea pellionella, Hofmannophila pseudospretella, Cacoeciapodana, Capua reticulana, Choristoneura fumiferana, Clysia ambiguella,Homona magnanima and Tortrix viridana. From the order of the Coleoptera,for example, Anobium punctatum, Rhizopertha dominica, Bruchidiusobtectus, Acanthoscelides obtectus, Hylotrupes bajulus, Agelastica alni,Leptinotarsa decemlineata, Phaedon cochleariae, Diabrotica spp.,Psylliodes chrysocephala, Epilachna varivestis, Atomaria spp.,Oryzaephilus surinamensis, Anthonomus spp., Sitophilus spp.,Otiorrhynchus sulcatus, Cosmopolites sordidus, Ceuthorrhynchusassimilis, Hypera postica, Dermestes spp., Trogoderma spp., Anthrenusspp., Attagenus spp., Lyctus spp., Meligethes aeneus, Ptinus spp.,Niptus hololeucus, Gibbium psylloides, Tribolium spp., Tenebrio molitor,Agriotes spp., Conoderus spp., Melolontha melolontha, Amphimallonsolstitialis and Costelytra zealandica. From the order of theHymenoptera, for example, Diprion spp., Hoplocampa spp., Lasius spp.,Monomorium pharaonis and Vespa spp.

From the order of the Diptera, for example, Aedes spp., Anopheles spp.,Culex spp., Drosophila melanogaster, Musca spp., Fannia spp., Calliphoraerythrocephala, Lucilia spp., Chrysomyia spp., Cuterebra spp.,Gastrophilus spp., Hyppobosca spp., Stomoxys spp., Oestrus spp.,Hypoderma spp., Tabanus spp., Tannia spp., Bibio hortulanus, Oscinellafrit, Phorbia spp., Pegomyia hyoscyami, Ceratitis capitata, Dacus oleaeand Tipula paludosa. From the order of the Siphonaptera, for example,Xenopsylla cheopis and Ceratophyllus spp. From the order of theArachnida, for example, Scorpio maurus, Latrodectus mactans. From theorder of the Acarina, for example, Acarus siro, Argas spp., Ornithodorosspp., Dermanyssus gallinae, Eriophyes ribis, Phyllocoptruta oleivora,Boophilus spp., Rhipicephalus spp., Amblyomma spp., Hyalomma spp.,Ixodes spp., Psoroptes spp., Chorioptes spp., Sarcoptes spp., Tarsonemusspp., Bryobia praetiosa, Panonychus spp., Tetranychus spp.

The phytoparasitic nematodes include Pratylenchus spp., Radopholussimilis, Ditylenchus dipsaci, Tylenchulus semipenetrans, Heteroderaspp., Meloidogyne spp., Aplelenchoides spp., Longidorus spp., Xiphinemaspp., Trichodorus spp.

The active compounds of the formula (I) according to the invention inparticular have outstanding activity against mustard beetle larvae(Phaedon cochleariae), caterpillars of the owlet moth (Spodopterafrugiperda), larvae of the green rice leaf hopper (Nephotettixcincticeps), green peach aphids (Myzus persicae) and all stages of thecommon spider mite (Tetranychus urticae).

The active compounds can be converted to the customary formulations,such as solutions, emulsions, wettable powders, suspensions, powders,dusting agents, pastes, soluble powders, granules, suspension emulsionconcentrates, natural and synthetic materials impregnated with activecompound and very fine capsules in polymeric substances.

These formulations are produced in a known manner, for examplepreferably by mixing the active compounds with extenders, that is liquidsolvents and/or solid carriers, if appropriate with the use ofsurface-active agents, that is emulsifying agents and/or dispersingagents and/or foam-forming agents.

In the case of the use of water as an extender, organic solvents can,for example, also be used as auxiliary solvents. Suitable liquidsolvents are essentially: aromatics, such as xylene, toluene oralkylnaphthalenes, chlorinated aromatics or chlorinated aliphatichydrocarbons, such as chlorobenzenes, chloroethylenes or methylenechloride, aliphatic hydrocarbons, such as cyclohexane or paraffins, forexample mineral oil fractions, mineral and vegetable oils, alcohols,such as butanol or glycol as well as their ethers and esters, ketones,such as acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone orcyclohexanone, strongly polar solvents, Such as dimethylformamide anddimethyl sulphoxide, as well as water.

Suitable solid carriers are:

for example ammonium salts and ground natural minerals, such as kaolins,clays, talc, chalk, quartz, attapulgite, montmorillonite or diatomaceousearth, and ground synthetic minerals, such as highly disperse silica,alumina and silicates; suitable solid carriers for granules are: forexample crushed and fractionated natural rocks such as calcite, marble,pumice, sepiolite and dolomite, as well as synthetic granules ofinorganic and organic meals, and granules of organic material such assawdust, coconut shells, maize cobs and tobacco stalks; suitableemulsifying and/or foam-forming agents are: for example non-ionic andanionic emulsifiers, such as polyoxyethylene fatty acid esters,polyoxyethylene fatty alcohol ethers, for example alkylaryl polyglycolethers, alkylsulphonates, alkyl sulphates, arylsulphonates as well asprotein hydrolysis products; suitable dispersing agents are: for examplelignin-sulphite waste liquors and methylcellulose.

Adhesives such as carboxymethylcellulose and natural and syntheticpolymers in the form of powders, granules or latices, such as gumarabic, polyvinyl alcohol and polyvinyl acetate, as well as naturalpliospholipids, such as cephalins and lecithins, and syntheticphospholipids, can be used in the formulations. Other additives can bemineral and vegetable oils.

It is possible to use colorants such as inorganic pigments, for exampleiron oxide, titanium oxide and Prussian Blue, and organic dyestuffs,such as alizarin dyestuffs, azo dyestuffs and metal phthalocyaninedyestuffs, and trace nutrients such as salts of iron, manganese, boron,copper, cobalt, molybdenum and zinc.

The formulations in general contain between 0.1 and 95 per cent byweight of active compound, preferably between 0.5 and 90%.

The active compound according to the invention can be present in itscommercially available formulations and in the use forms, prepared fromthese formulations, as a mixture with other active compounds, such asinsecticides, attractants, sterilizing agents, bactericides, acaricides,nematicides, fungicides, growth-regulating substances or herbicides. Theinsecticides include, for example, phosphates, carbamates, carboxylates,chlorinated hydrocarbons, phenylureas and substances produced bymicroorganisms, inter alia.

Examples of particularly advantageous mixing components are thefollowing:

Fungicides:

2-aminobutane; 2-anilino-4-methyl-6-cyclopropyl-pyrimidine;2′,6′-dibromo-2-methyl-4′-trifluoromethoxy-4′-trifluoro-methyl-1,3-thiazole-5-carboxanilide;2,6-dichloro-N-(4-trifluoromethylbenzyl)-benzamide;(E)-2-methoxyimino-N-methyl-2-(2-phenoxyphenyl)-acetamide;8-hydroxyquinoline sulphate; methyl(E)-2-{2-[6-(2-cyanophenoxy)-pyrimidin-4-yloxy]-phenyl}-3-methoxyacrylate;methyl (E)-methoximino[alpha-(o-tolyloxy)-o-tolyl]acetate;2-phenylphenol (OPP), aldimorph, ampropylfos, anilazine, azaconazole,benalaxyl, benodanil, benomyl, binapacryl, biphenyl, bitertanol,blasticidin-S, bromuconazole, bupirimate, buthiobate, calciumpolysulphide, captafol, captan, carbendazim, carboxin, quinomethionate,chloroneb, chloropicrin, chlorothalonil, chlozolinate, cufraneb,cymoxanil, cyproconazole, cyprofuram, dichlorophen, diclobutrazol,diclofluanid, diclomezine, dicloran, diethofencarb, difenoconazole,dimethirimol, dimethomorph, diniconazole, dinocap, diphenylamine,dipyrithione, ditalimfos, dithianon, dodine, drazoxolon, edifenphos,epoxyconazole, ethirimol, etridiazole, fenarimol, fenbuconazole,fenfuram, fenitropan, feniclonil, fenpropidin, fenpropimorph, fentinacetate, fentin hydroxide, ferbam, ferimzone, fluazinam, fludioxonil,fluoromide, fluquinconazole, flusilazole, flusulfamide, flutolanil,flutriafol, folpet, fosetyl-aluminium, fthalide, fuberidazole,furalaxyl, furmecyclox, guazatine, hexachlorobenzene, hexaconazole,hymexazol, imazalil, imibenconazole, iminoctadine, iprobenfos (IBP),iprodione, iso-prothiolane, kasugamycin, copper preparations such as:copper hydroxide, copper naphthenate, copper oxychloride, coppersulphate, copper oxide, oxine-copper and Bordeaux mixture, mancopper,mancozeb, maneb, mepanipyrim, mepronil, metalaxyl, metconazole,methasulfocarb, methfuroxam, metiram, metsulfovax, myclobutanil, nickeldimethyldithiocarbamate, nitrothal-isopropyl, nuarimol, ofurace,oxadixyl, oxamocarb, oxycarboxin, pefurazoate, penconazole, pencycuron,phosdiphen, phthalide, pimaricin, piperalin, polycarbamate, polyoxin,probenazole, prochloraz, procymidone, propamocarb, propiconazole,propineb, pyrazophos, pyrifenox, pyrimethanil, pyroquilon, quintozene(PCNB), sulphur and sulphur preparations, tebuconazole, tecloftalam,tecnazene, tetraconazole, thiabendazole, thicyofen, thiophanate-methyl,thiram, tolclofos-methyl, tolylfluanid, triadimefon, triadimenol,triazoxide, trichlamide, tricyclazole, tridemorph, triflumizole,triforine, triticonazole, validamycin A, vinclozolin, zineb, ziram.

Bactericides:

bronopol, dichlorophen, nitrapyrin, nickel dimethyldithiocarbamate,kasugamycin, octhilinone, furancarboxylic acid, oxytetracycline,probenazole, streptomycin, tecloftalam, copper sulphate and other copperpreparations.

Insecticides/Acaricides/Nematicides:

abamectin, AC 303 630, acephate, acrinathrin, alanycarb, aldicarb,alphamethrin, amitraz, avermectin, AZ 60541, azadirachtin, azinphos A,azinphos M, azocyclotin,

Bacillus thuringiensis, bendiocarb, benfuracarb, bensultap,beta-cyfluthrin, bifenthrin, BPMC, brofenprox, bromophos A, bufencarb,buprofezin, butocarboxim, butylpyridaben, cadusafos, carbaryl,carbofuran, carbophenothion, carbosulfan, cartap, CGA 157419, CGA184699, chloethocarb, chlorethoxyfos, chlorfenvinphos, chlorfluazuron,chlormephos, chlorpyrifos, chlorpyrifos M, cis-resmethrin, clocythrin,clofentezine, cyanophos, cycloprothrin, cyfluthrin, cyhalothrin,cyhexatin, cypermethrin, cyromazine, deltamethrin, demeton M, demeton S,demeton-S-methyl, diafenthiuron, diazinon, dichlofenthion, dichlorvos,dicliphos, dicrotophos, diethion, diflubenzuron, dimethoate,dimethylvinphos, dioxathion, disulfoton, edifenphos, emamectin,esfenvalerate, ethiofencarb, ethion, ethofenprox, ethoprophos, etrimfos,fenamiphos, fenazaquin, fenbutatin oxide, fenitrothion, fenobucarb,fenothiocarb, fenoxycarb, fenpropathrin, fenpyrad, fenpyroximate,fenthion, fenvalerate, fipronil, fluazinam, flucycloxuron,flucythrinate, flufenoxuron, flufenprox, fluvalinate, fonofos,formothion, fosthiazate, fubfenprox, furathiocarb, HCH, heptenophos,hexaflumuron, hexythiazox, imidacloprid, iprobenfos, isazofos,isofenphos, isoprocarb, isoxathion, ivermectin, lambda-cyhalothrin,lufenuron, malathion, mecarbam, mevinphos, mesulfenphos, metaldehyde,methacrifos, methamidophos, methidathion, methiocarb, methomyl,metolcarb, milbemectin, monocrotophos, moxidectin, naled, NC 184, NI 25,nitenpyram, omethoate, oxamyl, oxydemeton M, oxydeprofos, parathion A,parathion M, permethrin, phenthoate, phorate, phosalone, phosmet,phosphamidon, phoxim, pirimicarb, pirimiphos M, pirimiphos A,profenofos, promecarb, propaphos, propoxur, prothiofos, prothoate,pymetrozine, pyrachlofos, pyridaphenthion, pyresmethrin, pyrethrum,pyridaben, pyrimidifen, pyriproxyfen, quinalphos, RH 5992, salithion,sebufos, silafluofen, sulfotep, sulprofos, tebufenozide, tebufenpyrad,tebupirimifos, teflubenzuron, tefluthrin, temephos, terbam, terbufos,tetrachlorvinphos, thiafenox, thiodicarb, thiofanox, thiomethon,thionazin, thuringiensin, tralomethrin, triarathene, triazophos,triazuron, trichlorfon, triflumuron, trimethacarb, vamidothion, XMC,xylylcarb, YI 5301/5302, zetamethrin.

A mixture with other known active ingredients, such as herbicides, orwith fertilizers and growth-regulators is also possible.

The active compounds according to the invention can furthermore bepresent in their commercially available formulations and in the useforms, prepared from these formulations, as a mixture with synergisticagents. Synergistic agents are compounds which increase the action ofthe active compounds, without it being necessary for the synergisticagent added to be active itself.

The active compound content of the use forms prepared from thecommercially available formulations can vary within wide limits. Theactive compound concentration of the use forms can be from 0.0000001 to95% by weight of active compound, preferably between 0.0001 and 1% byweight.

The compounds are employed in a customary manner appropriate for the useforms.

When used against hygiene pests and pests of stored products, the activecompound has an excellent residual action on wood and clay as well as agood stability to alkali on limed substrates.

The active compounds according to the invention are not only activeagainst plant, hygiene and stored-product pests, but also, in theveterinary medicine sector, against animal parasites (ectoparasites),such as ixodid ticks, argasid ticks, scab mites, trombiculid mites,flies (stinging and sucking), parasitic fly larvae, lice, hair lice,bird lice and fleas. These parasites include:

From the order of the Anoplurida, for example, Haematopinus spp.,Linognathus spp., Pediculus spp., Phtirus spp. and Solenopotes spp.

From the order of the Mallophagida and the sub-orders Amblycerina andIschnocerina, for example, Trimenopon spp., Menopon spp., Trinoton spp.,Bovicola spp., Werneckiella spp., Lepikentron spp., Damalina spp.,Trichodectes spp. and Felicola spp.

From the order of the Diptera and the sub-orders Nematocerina andBrachycerina, for example, Aedes spp., Anopheles spp., Culex spp.,Simulium spp., Eusimulium spp., Phlebotomus spp., Lutzomyia spp.,Culicoides spp., Chrysops spp., Hybomitra spp., Atylotus spp., Tabanusspp., Haematopota spp., Philipomyia spp, Braula spp., Musca spp.,Hydrotaea spp., Stomoxys spp., Haematobia spp., Morellia spp., Fanniaspp., Glossina spp., Calliphora spp., Lucilia spp., Chrysomyia spp.,Wohlfahrtia spp., Sarcophaga spp., Oestrus spp., Hypoderma spp.,Gasterophilus spp., Hippobosca spp., Lipoptena spp. and Melophagus spp.

From the order of the Siphonapterida, for example, Pulex spp.,Ctenocephalides spp., Xenopyslla spp. and Ceratophyllus spp.

From the order of the Heteropterida, for example, Cimex spp., Triatomaspp., Rhodnius spp. and Panstrongylus spp.

From the order of the Blattarida, for example, Blatta orientalis,Periplaneta americana, Blattela germanica and Supella spp.

From the sub-class of the Acaria (Acarida) and the orders of the Meta-and Mesostigmata, for example, Argas spp., Ornithodorus spp., Otabiusspp., Ixodes spp., Amblyomma spp., Boophilus spp., Dermacentor spp.,Haemaphysalis spp, Hyalomma spp., Rhipicephalus spp., Dermanyssus spp,Raillietia spp, Pneumonyssus spp., Sternostoma spp. and Varroa spp.

From the order of the Actinedida (Prostigmata) and Acaridida(Astigmata), for example, Acarapis spp., Cheyletiella spp.,Ornithocheyletia spp., Myobia spp., Psorergates spp., Demodex spp,Trombicula spp., Listrophorus spp., Acarus spp., Tyrophagus spp.,Caloglyphus spp., Hypodectes spp., Pterolichus spp., Psoroptes spp.,Chorioptes spp., Otodectes spp., Sarcoptes spp., Notoedres spp,Knemidocoptes spp., Cytodites spp. and Laminosioptes spp.

For example, they have an outstanding activity against all larval stagesof the fly Lucilia cuprina and all development stages of the tickAmblyomma variegatum.

The active compounds of the formula (I) according to the invention arealso suitable for controlling arthropods which attack agriculturallivestock, such as, for example, cattle, sheep, goats, horses, pigs,donkeys, camels, buffalo, rabbits, chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese,honey bees, other domestic animals, such as, for example, dogs, cats,caged birds, aquarium fish, and so-called experimental animals, such as,for example, hamsters, guinea-pigs, rats and mice. By controlling thesearthropods, it is intended to reduce deaths and decreased performances(in meat, milk, wool, hides, eggs, honey and the like), so that moreeconomical and simpler animal keeping is made possible by using theactive compounds according to the invention.

In the veterinary sector, the active compounds according to theinvention are used in a known manner by enteral administration, forexample in the form of tablets, capsules, drinks, drenches, granules,pastes, boluses, the feed-through method, suppositories, by parenteraladministration, such as, for example, by means of injections(intramuscular, subcutaneous, intravenous, intraperitoneal and thelike), implants, by nasal administration, by dermal administration, forexample in the form of dipping or bathing, spraying, pouring-on andspotting-on, washing, dusting, and with the aid of shaped articles whichcomprise active compound, such as collars, ear tags, tail marks, limbbands, halters, marking devices and the like.

When administered to livestock, poultry, domestic animals and the like,the active compounds of the formula (I) can be used as formulations (forexample powders, emulsions, flowables) which comprise the activecompounds in an amount of 1 to 80% by weight, either directly or afterdilution by a factor of 100 to 10,000, or they may be used in the formof a chemical bath.

Furthermore, it has been found that the compounds of the formula (I)according to the invention have a potent insecticidal action againstinsects which destroy industrial materials.

The following insects may be mentioned by way of preferred examples butwithout any limitation:

Beetles, Such as

Hylotrupes bajulus, Chilorophorus pilosis, Anobium punctatum, Xestobiumrufovillosum, Ptilinus pecticornis, Dendrobium pertinex, Ernobiusmollis, Priobium carpini, Lyctus brunneus, Lyctus africanus, Lyctusplanilcollis, Lyctus linearis, Lyctus pubescens, Trogoxylon aequale,Minthes rugicollis, Xyleborus spec., Tryptodendron spec., Apatemonachus, Bostrychus capucins, Heterobostrychus brunneus, Sinoxylonspec. and Dinoderus minutus.

Dermapterans, such as Sirex juvencus, Urocerus gigas, Urocerus gigastaignus and Urocerus augur.

Termites, such as Kalotermes flavicollis, Cryptotermes brevis,Heterotermes indicola, Reticulitermes flavipes, Reticulitermessantonensis, Reticulitermes lucifugus, Mastotermes darwiniensis,Zootermopsis nevadensis and Coptotermes formosanus.

Bristletails, such as Lepisma saccharina.

Industrial materials are to be understood as meaning, in the presentcontext, non-live materials, such as, preferably, synthetic materials,glues, sizes, paper and board, leather, wood and timber products, andpaint.

The materials to be very particularly preferably protected againstattack by insects are wood and timber products.

Wood and timber products which can be protected by the compositionaccording to the invention or mixtures comprising such a composition areto be understood as meaning, for example, construction timber, woodenbeams, railway sleepers, bridge components, jetties, wooden vehicles,boxes, pallets, containers, telephone poles, wood lagging, windows anddoors made of wood, plywood, particle board, joiner's articles, or woodproducts which, quite generally, are used in the construction of housesor in joinery.

The active compounds can be used as such, in the form of concentrates orgenerally customary formulations, such as powders, granules, solutions,suspensions, emulsions or pastes.

This formulations mentioned can be prepared in a manner known per se,for example by mixing the active compounds with at least one solvent ordiluent, emulsifier, dispersant and/or binder or fixative, waterrepellent, if appropriate desiccants and UV stabilizers and, ifappropriate, colorants and pigments and other processing auxiliaries.

The insecticidal compositions or concentrates used for the protection ofwood and wooden materials comprise the active compound according to theinvention at a concentration of 0.0001 to 95% by weight, in particular0.001 to 60% by weight.

The amount of the compositions or concentrates employed depends on thespecies and the occurrence of the insects and on the medium. The optimumrate of application can be determined upon use in each case by testseries. However, in general, it suffices to employ 0.0001 to 20% byweight, preferably 0.001 to 10% by weight, of the active compound, basedon the material to be protected.

The solvent and/or diluent used is an organochemical solvent or solventmixture and/or an oily or oil-type organochemical solvent or solventmixture of low volatility and/or a polar organochemical solvent orsolvent mixture and/or water and, if appropriate, an emulsifier and/orwetting agent.

Organochemical solvents which are preferably employed are oily oroil-like solvents having an evaporation number of above 35 and aflashpoint of above 30° C., preferably above 45° C. Substances which areused as such oily and oil-like solvents which have low volatility andare insoluble in water are suitable mineral oils or their aromaticfractions, or mineral-oil-containing solvent mixtures, preferably whitespirit, petroleum and/or alkylbenzene.

Substances which are advantageously used are mineral oils with a boilingrange of 170 to 220° C., white spirit with a boiling range of 170 to220° C., spindle oil with a boiling range of 250 to 350° C., petroleumor aromatics of boiling, range 160 to 280° C., essence of turpentine andthe like.

In a preferred embodiment, liquid aliphatic hydrocarbons with a boilingrange of 180 to 210° C. or high-boiling mixtures of aromatic andaliphatic hydrocarbons with a boiling range of 180 to 220° C. and/orspindle oil and/or monochloronaphthalene, preferablyα-monochloronaphthalene, are used.

The organic oily or oil-like solvents of low volatility and having anevaporation number of above 35 and a flashpoint of above 30° C.,preferably above 45° C., can be partially replaced by organochemicalsolvents of high or medium volatility, with the proviso that the solventmixture also has an evaporation number of above 35 and a flashpoint ofabove 30° C., preferably above 45° C., and that theinsecticide/fungicide mixture is soluble or emulsifiable in this solventmixture.

In a preferred embodiment, part of the organochemical solvent or solventmixture is replaced by an aliphatic polar organochemical solvent orsolvent mixture. Substances which are preferably used are aliphaticorganochemical solvents having hydroxyl and/or ester and/or ethergroups, such as, for example, glycol ether, esters and the like.

The organochemical binders used within the scope of the presentinvention are the synthetic resins and/or binding drying oils which areknown per se and can be diluted with water and/or are soluble ordispersible or emulsifiable in the organochemical solvents employed, inparticular binders composed of, or comprising, an acrylate resin, avinyl resin, for example polyvinyl acetate, polyester resin,polycondensation or polyaddition resin, polyurethane resin, alkyd resinor modified alkyd resin, phenol resin, hydrocarbon resin, such asindene/coumarone resin, silicone resin, drying vegetable and/or dryingoils and/or physically drying binders based on a natural and/orsynthetic resin.

The artificial resin used as the binder can be employed in the form ofan emulsion, dispersion or solution. Up to 10% by weight of bitumen orbituminous substances can also be used as binder. In addition,colorants, pigments, water repellents, odour-masking substances andinhibitors or anticorrosives known per se and the like can also beemployed.

The composition or the concentrate preferably comprises, in accordancewith the invention, at least one alkyd resin or modified alkyd resinand/or a drying vegetable oil as the organochemical binder. Preferablyused according to the invention are alkyd resins with an oil content ofover 45% by weight, preferably 50 to 68% by weight.

All or some of the abovementioned binder can be replaced by a fixative(mixture) or a plasticizer (mixture). These additives are intended toprevent volatilization of the active compounds and crystallization orprecipitation. They preferably replace 0.01 to 30% of the binder (basedon 100% of binder employed).

The plasticizers are from the chemical classes of the phthalic esters,such as dibutyl phthalate, dioctyl phthialate or benzylbutyl phthalate,the phosphoric esters, such as tributyl phosphate, the adipic esters,such as di-(2-ethylhexyl) adipate, the stearates, such as butyl stearateor amyl stearate, the oleates, such as butyl oleate, the glycerol ethersor relatively high-molecular-weight glycol ethers, glycerol esters andp-toluenesulphonic esters.

Fixatives are chemically based on polyvinyl alkyl ethers, such as, forexample, polyvinyl methyl ether, or ketones, such as benzophenone orethylenebenzophenone.

Particularly suitable as a solvent or diluent is also water, ifappropriate as a mixture with one or more of the abovementionedorganochemical solvents or diluents, emulsifiers and dispersants.

Particularly effective protection of wood is achieved by large-scaleindustrial impregnation processes, for example vacuum, double-vacuum orpressure processes.

If appropriate, the ready-to-use compositions can additionally compriseother insecticides and, if appropriate, additionally one or morefungicides.

Suitable additional components which may be admixed are, preferably, theinsecticides and fungicides mentioned in WO 94/29 268. The compoundsmentioned in that document are expressly incorporated into the presentapplication. Very particularly preferred components which may be admixedare insecticides, such as chlorpyrifos, phoxim, silafluofin,alphamethrin, cyfluthrin, cypermethrin, deltamethrin, permethrin,imidacloprid, NI-25, flufenoxuron, hexaflumuron and triflumuron, andfungicides, such as epoxyconazole, hexaconazole, azaconazole,propiconazole, tebuconazole, cyproconazole, metconazole, imazalil,dichlorfluanid, tolylfluanid, 3-iodo-2-propinyl-butyl carbamate,N-octyl-isothiazolin-3-one and 4,5-dichloro-N-octylisothiazolin-3-one.

The preparation and the use of the active compounds according to theinvention can be seen from the examples which follow.

PREPARATION EXAMPLES EXAMPLE I-1

At 0° C., 0.825 g of1-^(t)butoxycarbonylamino-3-(2,6-difluorobenzoyl)-1-phenylpropane (forexample by the method of Ex. VIII-1) were admixed dropwise with 1.6 mlof trifluoroacetic acid. The mixture was allowed to warm to roomtemperature and stirred for a further 3 h. At 0° C., the mixture wasthen made alkaline (pH 11) using 1N of aqueous sodium hydroxidesolution. The mixture was extracted three times with ethyl acetate andthe combined extracts were dried over sodium sulphate and evaporatedunder reduced pressure. 0.45 g (83% of theory) of2-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-5-phenyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrrole was obtained.

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃) δ [ppm]: 1.75 (m, 1H, CHHCHPh); 2.85 (m, 1H,CHHCHPh); 3.00 (m, 2H, CH ₂CN); 5.80 (t, 1H, NCHPh), 7.20-7.40 (m, 7H,ArH); 7.57 (m, 1H, ArH) (Ph=phenyl).

EXAMPLE I-2

By the method of I-1, 0.36 g (96% of theory) of2-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-5-(4′-trifluoromethoxybiphenyl-4-yl)-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrrolewas obtained from 0.38 g of1-^(t)butoxycarbonylamino-3-(2,6-difluorobenzoyl)-1-(4′-trifluoromethoxybiphenyl-4-yl)-propane(for example by the method of Ex. VIII-2).

¹H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl₃) δ [ppm]: 2.10 (m, 1H); 2.75 (m, 1H); 3.29 (t,2H); 5.59 (t, 1H); 7.05 (t, 2H); 7.29 (d: J˜8 Hz, 2H); 7.42 (d: J=7.4Hz, 2H); 7.47 (m 1H); 7.58 (d: J=7.4 Hz, 2H); 7.60 (d: J=7.4 Hz, 2H).

EXAMPLE I-3

By the method of I-1, 2.24 g (41% of theory) of2-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-5-(4-bromophenyl)-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrrole wereobtained from 7.45 g of1-^(t)butoxycarbonylamino-3-(2,6-difluorobenzoyl)-1-(4-bromophenyl)-propane(for example by the method of Ex. VIII-3).

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃) δ [ppm]: 1.70 (m, 1H, CHHCHPh); 2.58 (m, 1H,CHHCHPh); 3.00 (m, 2H, CH ₂CN); 5.29 (t, 1H, NCHPh); 7.2-7.3 (m, 5H,ArH); 7.56 (m, 4H, ArH).

EXAMPLE I-4

2.02 g of2-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-5-(4-bromophenyl)-3,4-dihydro-21H-pyrrole (forexample from Ex. I-3) were charged initially in 20 ml of dimethoxyethaneunder argon. 2.02 g of 4-trifluoromethoxyboronic acid and 0.346 g oftetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium were added successively. After 15min, 9.6 ml of 2M aqueous sodium carbonate solution were added and themixture was heated to 80° C. and stirred overnight. After the reactionhad ended, the mixture was taken up in water/ethyl acetate, the phaseswere separated and the aqueous phase was extracted twice with about 100ml of ethyl acetate each time. The combined organic phases were washedwith saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution and dried over magnesiumsulphate. Evaporation gave 1.90 g (76% of theory) of2-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-5-(4′-trifluoromethoxybiphenyl-4-yl)-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrrole(cf. Ex. I-2).

The following compounds of the formula (I-f) are obtained analogously toEx. No. I-4 and in accordance with the general preparation instructions.

TABLE 1

Ex. ret.-time* ESI-MS**: m/z; No. R⁴ [min] [M + H]⁺ I-5 (CH₂)₃CH₃ 13.28314.1 I-6

14.73 376.0 I-7

16.68 401.9 I-8

14.5 352.0 I-9

15.48 368.0 I-10

14.27 340.0 I-11

14.52 397.0 I-12

15.99 414.0 I-13

15.36 435.9 I-14

15.28 401.9 I-15

16.36 401.9 I-16

13.54 362.0 I-17

13.68 362.0 I-18

13.34 378.0 I-19

13.53 366.0 I-20

16.08 390.0 I-21

14.63 463.9 I-22

15.2 469.9 I-23

13.51 376.0 I-24

14.89 391.0 I-25

14.19 390.0 I-26

14.3 390.0 I-27

13.86 405.0 I-28

16 408.0 I-29

13.52 392.0 I-30

15.7 384.0 I-31

14.48 419.0 I-32

16.24 419.0 I-33

15.73 390.1 I-34

16.22 422.0 I-35

16.98 410.0 I-36

17.33 418.1 I-37

17.1 473.9 I-38

17.24 473.9 I-39

15.1 348.0 I-40

11.73 364.0 I-41

10.93 376.0 *column: RP18 on silica gel (Kromasil), 1 = 125 mm, Ø = 3mm; solvent: acetonitrile/water; gradient: t = 0 min 10/90 (vol/vol) =>18 min 100/0; flux: 1.5 ml min⁻¹ **electrospray-quadrupole-massspectrometry

Preparation of the Starting Materials

γ-Ethoxy-γ-butyrolactam

At 0° C., 9.91 g of succinimide were charged initially in 415 ml ofethanol and a total of 5.53 g of sodium boranate was added a little at atime. At this temperature, every 15 minutes 2 to 3 drops of 2N ethanolichydrogen chloride were added dropwise over 4½ hours. Subsequently, themixture was acidified to pH 3 using more acid. After stirring for 1 hourat 0° C., the mixture was neutralized using 1% strength ethanolicpotassium hydroxide solution and the mixture was stirred for a further15 minutes and evaporated. The residue was taken up in water andextracted three times with dichloromethane. After drying over sodiumsulphate and concentrating, 7.16 g (55% of theory) ofγ-ethoxy-γ-butyrolactam were obtained.

EXAMPLE XI-1

At 0° C., 6.45 g of γ-ethoxy-γ-butyrolactam and 50 ml of concentratedsulphuric acid were charged initially, and 18.8 ml of benzene wereadded. After thawing, the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 4days. For work-up, the mixture was poured onto ice, extracted threetimes with ethyl acetate and the combined extracts were washed once withwater and once with saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution, driedand evaporated. 8.1 g (100% of theory) of γ-phenyl-γ-butyrolactam wereobtained.

¹H NMR (400 MHz, d₆ DMSO) δ [ppm]: 1.75 (m, 1H), 2.23 (t, 2H); 2.45 (m,1H); 4.67 (t, 1H); 7.26-7.39 (m, 5H); 8.08 (br, 1H).

EXAMPLE XI-2

12.9 g of γ-ethoxy-γ-butyrolactam, 10 ml of concentrated sulphuric acidand 90 ml of glacial acetic acid were charged initially at 0° C. andadmixed a little at a time with a total of 18.8 g of phenol. Afterthawing, the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 days. Forwork-Up, the mixture was poured onto ice and extracted three times withethyl acetate, and the combined extracts were washed once with water andonce with saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution, dried andevaporated. After some time, γ-2-hydroxyphenyl-γ-butyrolactam (XI-2b) ofmelting point 220° C. (6.4 g, 36% of theory) crystallized from theaqueous phase. The residue obtained on evaporation was stirred with 1:1mixture of cyclohexane/ethyl acetate and afforded on filtration withsuction 4.65 g of γ-4-hydroxyphenyl-γ-butyrolactam (XI-2a) of meltingpoint 183° C. The filtrate was evaporated. Recrystallization fromdichloromethane/hexane gave a further 3.35 g (total 45% of theory) ofγ-4-hydroxyphenyl-γ-butyrolactam.

EXAMPLE XVII-2

At 0° C., 10 g of trifluoromethanesulphonic anhydride were addeddropwise to 5.23 g of γ-4-Hydroxyphenyl-γ-butyrolactam (for example fromEx. XI-2) in 60 ml of pyridine. After stirring overnight at roomtemperature, the reaction mixture was poured onto ice, acidified using10% strength hydrochloric acid and extracted three times using ethylacetate. After drying and evaporation of the solvent, 6.4 g (70% oftheory) of γ-4-trifluoromethylsulphonyloxyphenyl-γ-butyrolactam ofmelting point 127° C. were obtained.

EXAMPLE XI-a-2

Under argon, 5.4 g ofγ-4-trifluoromethylsulphonyloxyphenyl-γ-butyrolactam (for example fromEx. XVII-2) were charged initially in 43 ml of dimethoxyethane. Insuccession, 5.87 g of 4-trifluoromethoxyboronic acid and 1.01 g oftetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium were added. After 15 minutes, 28ml of 2M aqueous sodium carbonate solution were added, the mixture washeated to 80° C. and stirred overnight. After the reaction had ended,the mixture was taken up in water/ethyl acetate, the phases wereseparated and the aqueous phase was extracted twice with ethyl acetate.The combined organic phases were washed with saturated aqueous sodiumchloride solution and dried. Evaporation gave 5.5 g (98% of theory) ofγ-4′-trifluoromethoxybiphenyl-4-yl-γ-butyrolactam of melting point 128°C.

EXAMPLE XI-3

In a 3 l three-neck flask fitted with stirrer and distillation link,199.3 g of ammonium formate in 127.9 g of formic acid were chargedinitially, and 210 g of 4-bromobenzoylpropionic acid which had beenrecrystallized from toluene were added. The flask was then immersed intoa 200° C. oil bath. At 60° C., the content of the flask began todissolve with the evolution of gas. For about 2 hours, the mixture wassubjected to distillation at a bottom temperature increasing from 140 to167° C., until the reaction had ended. After cooling to below 60° C., 1l of dichloromethane was added carefully and precipitated salt wasseparated off by filtration with suction through a nutsch filter. Theorganic phase was washed with 1 l of water, dried over magnesiumsulphate and concentrated under reduced pressure. For purification, thecrude product was filtered through 1 kg of silica gel usingdichloromethane/ethanol/triethylamine (95:5:3) and then crystallizedfrom methyl tert-butyl ether. 38 g (19% of theory) ofγ-4-bromophenyl-γ-butyrolactam of melting point 142° C. were obtained.

EXAMPLE IX-1

3.4 g of γ-phenyl-γ-butyrolactam (for example from Ex. XI-1) werecharged initially in 63 ml of tetrahydrofuran (THF) and, at −78° C.,admixed with 9.24 ml of a 2.4N butyllithium solution in n-hexane. Themixture was stirred at this temperature for half an hour, a solution of5.04 g of di-tert-butyl dicarbonate in 20 ml of THF was then addeddropwise with continued cooling, and the mixture was stirred at −78° C.for a further 3 hours and then without cooling overnight. The mixturewas then hydrolysed using saturated aqueous ammonium chloride solution,diluted with water and extracted three times with ethyl acetate. Thecombined organic phases were washed with saturated aqueous sodiumchloride solution and dried over magnesium sulphate. Evaporation gave1.54 g (28% of theory) of N-^(t)butoxycarbonyl-γ-phenyl-γ-butyrolactam.

¹H NMR (400 MHz, d₆ DMSO) δ [ppm]: 1.18 (s, 9H); 1.73 (m, 1H); 2.40-2.60(m, 3H); 5.10 (m, 1H); 7.24 (m, 2H); 7.30 (m, 1H); 7.38 (m, 2H).

EXAMPLE IX-2

1.7 g of γ-4′-trifluoromethoxybiphenyl-4-yl-γ-butyrolactam (for examplefrom Ex. XI-a-2) were charged initially in 30 ml of tetrahydrofuran(THF) and, at −78° C., admixed with 2.42 ml of a 2.4N butyllithiunmsolution in n-hexane. The mixture was stirred for half an hour at thistemperature, and a solution of 1.27 g of di-tert-butyl dicarbonate in 10ml of THF was then added dropwise with further cooling. The cooling wasthen removed and the mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight.The mixture was then hydrolysed using saturated aqueous ammoniumchloride solution, acidified with 2N hydrochloric acid and extractedthree times with dichloromethane. After drying and evaporation, theproduct was purified by column chromatography (stationary phase: silicagel; mobile phase: a gradient of cyclohexane:ethyl acetate=5:1.3 to1.1:1). 1.14 g (47% of theory) of partly crystallineN-^(t)butoxycarbonyl-γ-4′-trifluoromethoxybiphenyl-4-yl-γ-butyrolactamwere obtained.

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃) δ [ppm]: 1.22 (s, 9H); 1.79 (m, 1H); 2.48-2.60(m, 3H); 5.17 (m, 1H); 7.36 (d, 2H); 7.46 (d, 2H), 7.71 (d, 2H); 7.80(d, 2H).

EXAMPLE IX-3

3.24 ml of diisopropylamine were charged initially in 90 ml of THF at−78° C. and admixed with 9.24 ml of a 2.4N butyllithium solution inn-hexane. The mixture was stirred for ½ hour at this temperature, and asolution of 5.02 g of γ-4-bromophenyl-γ-butyrolactam (for example fromExample XI-3) in 20 ml of THF, was then added dropwise. Stirring at −78°C. was continued for a further ½ h, and 5.04 g of di-tert-butyldicarbonate in 20 ml of THF were then added dropwise, the mixture wasallowed to thaw and stirred at room temperature overnight. The mixturewas then hydrolysed using saturated aqueous ammonium chloride solution,acidified with 2N hydrochloric acid and extracted three times with 150ml of dichlioromethane each time. After drying over magnesium sulphateand evaporation, the product was purified by crystallization fromdichloromethane/hexane. A total of 7.61 g (97% of theory) of crystallineN-^(t)butoxycarbonyl-γ-4-bromophenyl-γ-butyrolactam were obtained. Thepurest crystal fraction (2.34 g) melted at 122-124° C.

EXAMPLE VIII-1

0.62 g of 1,3-difluorobenzene were charged initially in 15 ml of THFand, at −78° C., admixed with 2.4 ml of a 2.4N butyllithium solution inn-hexane. The mixture was stirred for 1 hour and, at this temperature, asolution of 1.44 g of N-^(t)butoxycarbonyl-γ-phenyl-γ-butyrolactam (forexample from Ex. IX-1) in 7 ml of THF was then added very slowlydropwise. The mixture was stirred at −78° C. for 3 hours and thenwithout cooling overnight. After hydrolysis using, ammoniumn chloridesolution, the mixture was extracted three times with ethyl acetate andthe combined extracts were dried and evaporated. Recrystallization fromdichloromethane/hexane gave 1.03 g (50% of theory) of1-^(t)butoxycarbonylamino-3-(2,6-difluorobenzoyl)-1-(4′-trifluoromethoxybiphenyl-4-yl)-propane.

¹H NMR (400 MHz, d₆ DMSO) δ [ppm]: 1.33 (s, 9H); 1.94 (m, 214); 2.89 (t,2H); 4.54 (m, 1H); 7.22 (m, 3H); 7.30 (m, 4H); 7.42 (br d, 1H); 7.60 (m,1H).

EXAMPLE VIII-2

By the method of Example VIII-1, 2.23 g (77% of theory) of1-^(t)butoxycarbonylamino-3-(2,6-difluorobenzoyl)-1-(4′-trifluoromethoxybiphenyl-4-yl)-propanewere obtained as an oil from 0.62 g of 1,3-difluorobenzene and 1.7 g ofN-^(t)butoxycarbonyl-γ-4′-trifluoromethoxybiphenyl-4-yl-γ-butyrolactam(for example from Ex. IX-2).

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃) δ [ppm]: 1.40 (s, 9H); 2.20 (m, 2H); 2.97 (m,2H); 4.75 (m, 1H); 6.93 (t, 2H); 7.28 (m, 3H); 7.38 (d, 2H); 7.53 (d,21H); 7.58 (d, 2H).

EXAMPLE VIII-3

By the method of Example VIII-1, 2.51 g (93% of theory) of1-^(t)butoxycarbonylamino-3-(2,6-difluorobenzoyl)-1-(4-bromophenyl)propanewith a melting range of 111-115° C. were obtained from 0.62 g of2,3-difluorobenzene and 203 g ofN-^(t)butoxycarbonyl-γ-4-bromophenyl-γ-butyrolactam (for example fromEx. IX-3).

USE EXAMPLES Example A

Phaedon larvae test

Solvent: 7 parts by weight of dimethylformamide

Emulsifier: 1 part by weight of alkylaryl polyglycol ether

To produce a suitable preparation of active compound, 1 part by weightof active compound is mixed with the stated amount of solvent and thestated amount of emulsifier, and the concentrate is diluted with waterto the desired concentration.

Cabbage leaves (Brassica oleracea) are treated by being dipped into thepreparation of the active compound of the desired concentration and areinfested with mustard beetle larvae (Phaedon cochleariae), while theleaves are still moist.

After the desired period of time, the destruction in % is determined.100% means that all the beetle larvae have been killed; 0% means thatnone of the beetle larvae have been killed.

In this test, for example the compound of Preparation Example I-2exhibited a degree of destruction of 100% after 7 days at an exemplaryactive compound concentration of 0.1%.

Example B

Spodoptera test

Solvent: 7 parts by weight of dimethylformamide

Emulsifier: 1 part by weight of alkylaryl polyglycol ether

To prepare a suitable preparation of active compound, 1 part by weightof active compound is mixed with the stated amount of solvent and thestated amount of emulsifier, and the concentrate is diluted with waterto the desired concentration.

Cabbage leaves (Brassica oleracea) are treated by being dipped into thepreparation of active compound of the desired concentration and areinfested with caterpillars of the owlet moth (Spodoptera frugiperda)while the leaves are still moist.

After the desired period time, the destruction in % is determined. 100%means that all the caterpillars have been killed; 0% means that none ofthe caterpillars have been killed.

In this test, for example the compound of Preparation Example I-2exhibited a degree of destruction of 100% after 7 days at an exemplaryactive compound concentration of 0.1%.

Example C

Nephotettix test

solvent: 7 parts by weight of dimethylformamide

Emulsifier: 1 part by weight of alkylaryl polyglycol ether

To produce a suitable preparation of active compound, 1 part by weightof active compound is mixed with the stated amount of solvent and thestated amount of emulsifier, and the concentrate is diluted with waterto the desired concentration.

Rice seedlings (Oryzae sativa) are treated by being dipped into thepreparation of the active compound of the desired concentration and areinfested with larvae of the green rice leaf hopper (Nephotettixcincticeps) while the seedlings are still moist.

After the desired period of time, the destruction in % is determined.100% means that all the leaf hoppers have been killed; 0% means thatnone of the leaf hoppers have been killed.

In this test, for example the compound of Preparation Example I-1exhibited a degree of destruction of 100% after 6 days at an exemplaryactive compound concentration of 0.1%.

Example D

Mvzus Test

Solvent: 7 parts by weight of dimethylformamide

Emulsifier: 1 part by weight of alkylaryl polyglycol ether

To produce a suitable preparation of active compound, 1 part by weightof active compound is mixed with the stated amount of solvent and thestated amount of emulsifier, and the concentrate is diluted with waterto the desired concentration.

Cabbage leaves (Brassica oleracea) which are severely infested with the(green peach aphid (Myzus persicae) are treated by being dipped into thepreparation of the active compound of the desired concentration.

After the desired period of time, the destruction % is determined. 100%means that all the aphids have been killed; 0% means that none of theaphids have been killed.

In this test, for example the following compounds exhibited goodactivity:

TABLE D Active compound Degree of Active compound concentration in %destruction after 6 days

0.1  90 Example I-1

0.1 100 Example I-2

Example E

Tetranychus test (OP resistant/dip treatment)

Solvent: 3 parts by weight of dimethylformamide

Emulsifier: 1 part by weight of alkylaryl polyglycol ether

To prepare a suitable preparation of active compound, 1 part by weightof active compound is mixed with the stated amount of solvent and thestated amount of emulsifier, and the concentrate is diluted withemulsifier-containing water to the desired concentration.

Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) which are strongly infested by all stages ofthe common spider mite (Tetranychus urticae) are dipped into an activecompound preparation of the desired concentration.

After the desired time, the activity in % is determined. 100% means thatall spider mites have been killed; 0% means that none of the spidermites have been killed.

In this test, for example the compound of Preparation Example I-2exhibited a degree of destruction of 100% after 7 days at an exemplaryactive compound concentration of 0.001%.

Example F

Blow fly larvae test/development-inhibitory action

Test animals: All larval stages of Lucilia cuprina (OP resistant) [Pupaeand adults (without contact with the active compound)]

Solvent: 35 parts by weight of ethylene glycol monomethyl ether

35 parts by weight of nonylphenol polyglycol ether

To prepare a suitable formulation, 3 parts by weight of active compoundare mixed with 7 parts by weight of the abovementionedsolvent-emulsifier mixture, and the resulting emulsion concentrate isdiluted with water to the concentration desired in each case.

For each concentration, 30 to 50 larvae are transferred to horse meat (1cm³) located in glass tubes, and 500 μl of the test dilution arepipetted onto the meat. The glass tubes are placed into plastic beakerswhose bottom is covered with sea sand and kept in acontrolled-environment cabinet (26° C.±1.5° C., 70% relative humidity±10%). The activity is checked after 24 hours and 48 hours (larvicidalaction). After the larvae have left (about 72 h), the glass tubes areremoved and perforated plastic lids are placed on the beakers. After 1½times the development period (hatching of the control flies), thehatched flies and the pupae/puparia are counted.

The criterion for the action is death in the treated larvae after 48 h(larvicidal effect), or inhibition of adults hatching from the pupae orinhibition of pupation. The criterion for the in-vitro action of asubstance is the inhibition of fly development or a standstill ofdevelopment prior to the adult stage. 100% larvicidal activity meansthat all the larvae have died after 48 hours. 100%development-inhibitory activity means that no adult flies have hatched.

In this test, for example the compound of Preparation Example I-1exhibited an activity of 100% at an exemplary active compoundconcentration of 1000 ppm.

Example G

Ecdysis test on polyphargus tick nymphs

Test animals: Amblyomma variegatium, ticks which have sucked themselvesfull

Solvent: 35 parts by weight of ethylene glycol monomethyl ether

35 parts by weight of nonylphenol polyglycol ether

To prepare a suitable formulation, 3 parts by weight of active compoundare mixed with 7 parts of the abovementioned solvent-emulsifier mixture,and the resulting emulsion concentrate is diluted with water to theconcentration desired in each case.

10 Nymphs which have sucked themselves full are immersed for 1 minuteinto the preparation of active compound to be tested. The animals aretransferred to Petri dishes (Ø09.5 cm) equipped with filter paper discsand covered. After the nymphs have remained in a controlled-environmentcabinet for 4 weeks, the ecdysis rate is determined.

100% means that all the animals have undergone normal ecdysis; 0% meansthat none of the animals have undergone normal ecdysis.

In this test, for example the compounds of Preparation Examples I-1 andI-2 showed an activity of in each case 100% at an exemplary activecompound concentration of 1000 ppm.

What is claimed is:
 1. Compounds of the formula (I)

in which n represent 1 Ar¹ represents the radical

and Ar² represents the radical

 in which m represents 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, R¹ represents halogen, cyano,nitro, alkyl, alkoxy, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkoxy, alkoxyalkyl,—S(O)_(o)R⁶ or —NR⁷R⁸, R² and R³ independently of one another eachrepresent hydrogen, halogen, cyano, nitro, alkyl, alkoxy, halogenoalkyl,halogenoalkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, —S(O)_(o)R⁶ or —NR⁷R⁸, R⁴ representshalogen, cyano, trialkylsily, —CO—NR¹⁰R¹¹, tetrahydropyranyl or one ofthe groupings below (l) —X—A (m) —B—Z—D (n) —Y—E, R⁵ representshydrogen, halogen, cyano, nitro, alkyl, alkoxy, halogenoalkyl,halogenoalkoxy, alkoxyalkoxy or —S(O)_(o)R⁶, o represents 0, 1 or 2, R⁶represents alkyl or halogenoalkyl, R⁷ and R⁸ independently of oneanother each represent hydrogen or alkyl, or together representalkylene, R¹⁰ and R¹¹ independently of one another each representhydrogen, alkyl, halogenoalkyl or represent phenyl or phenylalkyl, eachof which is optionally mono- or polysubstituted by radicals from thelist W¹, X represents a direct bond, oxygen, sulphur, carbonyl,carbonyloxy, oxycarbonyl, alkylene, alkenylene, alkinylene, alkyleneoxy,oxyalkylene, thioalkylene, alkylenedioxy or di-alkylsilylene, Arepresents phenyl, naphthyl or tetrahydronaphthyl, each of which isoptionally mono or polysubstituted by radicals from the list W¹, orrepresents 5- to 10-membered heterocyclyl having one or more heteroatoms from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen and sulphur andcontaining 1 or 2 aromatic rings, which is optionally mono- orpolysubstituted by radicals from the list W², B represents p-phenylenewhich is optionally mono- or disubstituted by radicals from the list W¹,Z represents oxygen or sulphur, D represents hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl,alkinyl, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkenyl, respectively optionallyhalogen-, alkyl-, alkenyl-, halagenoalkenyl-, phenyl-, styryl-,halogenophenyl- or halogenostyryl-substituted cycloalkyl orcycloalkylalkyl, represents respectively optionally halogen- oralkyl-substituted cycloalkenyl or cycloalkenylalkyl, representsrespectively optionally nitro-, halogen-, alkyl-, alkoxy-,halogenoalkyl- or halogenoalkoxy-substituted phenylalkyl, naphthylalkyl,tetrahydronaphthylalkyl or 5- or 6-membered hetarylalkyl having 1 or 2hetero atoms from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen and sulphur,represents —CO—R¹², —CO—NR¹³R¹⁴ or represents the grouping—(CH₂)_(p)—(CR¹⁵R¹⁶)_(q)—(CH₂)_(r)—G, or Z and D together representoptionally, nitro-, halogen-, alkyl, alkoxy-, halogenoalkyl- orhalogenoalkoxy-substituted phenoxyalkyl, Y represents a direct bond,oxygen, sulphur, carbonyl, carbonyloxy, oxycarbonyl, alkylene,alkenylene, alkinylene, alkyleneoxy, oxyalkylene, thioalkylene,alkylenedioxy or represents p-phenylene which is optionally moon- ordisubstituted by radicals from the list W¹, E represents hydrogen,alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkenyl, respectivelyoptionally halogen-, alkyl-, alkenyl-, halogenoalkenyl-, phenyl-,styryl-, halogenophenyl or halogenostyryl-substituted cycloalkyl,represents respectively optionally halogen- or alkyl-substitutedcycloalkenyl, represents phenyl which is optionally mono- totetrasubstituted by radicals from the list W¹ or represents a 5- or6-membered hotaryl having 1 or 2 hetero atoms from the group consistingof nitrogen, oxygen and sulphur, which is optionally mono- totetrasubstituted by radicals from the list W², or represents thegrouping —(CH₂)_(p)—(CR¹⁵R¹⁶)_(q)—(CH₂)_(r)—G, R¹² represents alkyl,alkoxy, alkenyl, alkenyloxy, respectively optionally halogen-, alkyl-,alkenyl-, halogenoalkyl- or halogenoalkenyl-substituted cycloalkyl,cycloalkyloxy or cycloalkylalkyloxy or represents respectivelyoptionally nitro-, halogen-, alkyl-, alkoxy-, halogenoalkyl- orhalogenoalkoxy-substituted phenyl or naphthyl, R¹³ represents hydrogenor alkyl, R¹⁴ represents alkyl, halogenoalkyl, respectively optionallyhalogen-, alkyl-, alkenyl-, halogenoalkyl- orhalogenoalkenyl-substituted cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl or representsrespectively optionally halogen-, alkyl-, alkoxy-, halogenoalkyl- orhalogenoalkoxy-substituted phenyl or phenylalkyl, p, q and rindependently of one another each represent 0, 1, 2 or 3, their sumbeing smaller than 6, R¹⁵ and R¹⁶ independently of one another eachrepresent hydrogen or alkyl, G represents cyano, represents a 5- or6-membered heterocycle having 1 to 3 identical or different hetero atomsfrom the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen and sulphur, which isoptionally substituted by halogen, alkyl or halogenoalkyl and, at theattachment point, optionally by the radical R¹⁷, or represents one ofthe groupings below (a) —CO—R¹⁷ (b) —CO—OR¹⁸ (c) —CO—NR¹⁹R²⁰ (d)—CS—NR¹⁹R²⁰

R¹⁷ represents hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkenyl,optionally halogen-, alkyl- or halogenoalkyl-substituted cycloalkyl, orrepresents phenyl which is optionally mono- to pentasubstituted byalkylcarbonylamino, alkylcarbonylalkylamino and/or radicals from thelist W³, R¹⁸ represents hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, halogenoalkyl,halogenoalkenyl, respectively optionally halogen-, alkyl- orhalogenoalkyl-substituted cycloalkyl or cycloalkylalkyl or representsarylalkyl which is optionally mono to pentasubstituted by radicals fromthe list W³, R¹⁹ and R²⁰ independently of one another each representhydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkenyl, alkoxy,respectively optionally halogen-, alkyl- or halogenoalkyl-substitutedcycloalkyl or cycloalkylalkyl, represent aryl or arylalkyl, each ofwhich is optionally mono- to pentasubstituted by radicals from the listW³, represent —OR¹⁸ or —NR¹⁷R¹⁸ or together represent an alkylene chainhaving 2 to 6 members in which one methylene group is optionallyreplaced by oxygen, R²¹ represents —OR¹⁸, —NR¹⁷R¹⁹ or —N(R¹⁷)—COOR¹⁸,R²², R²³ and R²⁴ Independently of one another each represent alkyl, W¹represents hydrogen, halogen, cyano, formyl, nitro, alkyl,trialkylsilyl, alkoxy, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkoxy,halogenoalkenyloxy, alkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, pentafluorothio or—S(O)_(o)R⁶, W² represents halogen cyano, formyl, nitro, alkyl,trialkylsilyl, alkoxy, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkoxy, alkylcarbonyl,alkoxycarbonyl, pentafluorothio or —S(O)_(o)R⁶ or —C(H¹⁷)═N—R²¹, W³represents halogen, cyano, nitro, alkyl, alkoxy, halogenoalkyl,halogenoalkoxy, dialkylamino —S(O)_(o)R⁶, —COOR²⁶ or —CONR²⁶R²⁷, R²⁵represents hydrogen, alkyl, halogenoalkyl, optionally halogen-, alkyl-or halogenoalkyl-substituted cycloalkyl or represents phenyl which isoptionally mono- to pentasubstituted by radicals from the list W⁴, R²⁶and R²⁷ independently of one another each represent hydrogen, alkyl,alkenyl, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkenyl, alkoxy, respectively optionallyhalogen-, alkyl- or halogenoalkyl-substituted cycloalkyl orcycloalkylalkyl or represent aryl or arylalkyl, each of which isoptionally mono- to pentasubstituted by radicals from the list W⁴,represent OR²² or —NR²³R²⁴ or together represent an alkylene chainhaving 2 to 6 members in which one methylene group is optionallyreplaced by oxygen, and W⁴ represents halogen, cyano, nitro, alkyl,alkoxy, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkoxy, dialkylamino, alkoxycarbonyl,dialkylaminocarbonyl or —S(O)_(o)R⁶; provided that if Y represents adirect bond, E cannot be hydrogen.
 2. Compounds of the formula (I)according to claim 1 in which n represents 1 Ar¹ represents the radical

Ar² represents the radical

m represents 0, 1, 2 or 3, R¹ represents halogen, cyano, nitro,C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₁-C₆-halogenoalkyl or C₁-C₆-halogenoalkoxy,represents C₁-C₆-alkoxy-C₁-C₆-alkyl, —S(O)_(o)R⁶ or —NR⁷R⁸, R² and R³independently of one another each represent hydrogen, halogen, cyano,nitro, C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₁-C₆-halogenoalkyl orC₁-C₆-halogenoalkoxy, represent C₁-C₆-alkoxy-C₁-C₆-alkyl, —S(O)_(o)R⁶ or—NR⁷R⁸, R⁴ represents a substituent in meta- or paraposition from thegroup consisting of halogen, cyano, tri-(C₁-C₆-alkyl)-silyl,—CO—NR¹⁰R¹¹, tetrahydropyranyl or one of the groupings below (l) —X—A(m) —B—Z—D (n) —Y E, R⁵ represents hydrogen, halogen, cyano, nitro,C₁-C₁₆-alkyl, C₁-C₁₆-alkoxy, C₁-C₆-halogenoalkyl, C₁-C₆-halogenoalkoxy,C₁-C₈-alkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkoxy or —S(O)_(o)R⁶, o represents 0, 1 or 2, R⁶represents optionally fluorine- or chlorine-substituted C₁-C₆-alkyl, R⁷and R⁸ independently of one another each represent hydrogen orC₁-₆-alkyl, or together represent C₂-C₅-alkylene, R¹⁰ and R¹¹independently of one another each represent hydrogen, C₁-₆-alkyl,C₁-C₆-halogenoalkyl or represent phenyl or phenyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl, each ofwhich is optionally mono- to trisubstituted by radicals from the listW¹, X represents a direct bond, oxygen, sulphur, carbonyl, carbonyloxy,oxycarbonyl, C₁-C₄-alkylene, C₂-C₄-alkenylene, C₂-C₄-alkinylene,C₁-C₄-alkyleneoxy, C₁-C₄-oxyalkylene, C₁-C₄-thioalkylene,C₁-C₄-alkylenedioxy or di-C₁-C₄-alkylsilylene, A represents phenyl,naphthyl or tetrahydronaphthyl, each of which is optionally mono- totetrasubstituted by radicals from the list W¹, or represents 5- to10-membered heterocyclyl having 1 to 4 hetero atoms, including 0 to 4nitrogen atoms, 0 to 2 oxygen atoms and 0 to 2 sulphur atoms, andcontaining 1 or 2 aromatic rings, which is in each case optionally mono-to tetrasubstituted by radicals from the list W², B representsp-phenylene which is optionally mono- or disubstituted by radicals fromthe list W¹, Z represents oxygen or sulphur, D represents hydrogen,C₁-C₁₆-alkyl, C₂-C₁₈-alkenyl, C₂-C₆-alkinyl, C₁-C₁₆-halogenoalkyl,C₂-C₁₆ halogenoalkenyl, respectively optionally halogen-, C₁-C₄-alkyl-,C₂-C₄-alkenyl-, C₂-C₄-halogenoalkenyl-, phenyl-, styryl-,halogenophenyl- or halogenostyryl-substituted C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl orC₃-C₈-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₆-alkyl, represents respectively optionallyhalogen- or C₁-C₄-alkyl-substituted C₅-C₈-cycloalkenyl orC₆-C₈-cycloalkenyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl, represents respectively optionallynitro-, halogen- C₁-C₈-alkyl-, C₁-C₈-alkoxy-, C₁-C₆-halogenoalkyl- orC₁-C₆-halogenoalkoxy-substituted phenyl-C₁-C₆-alkyl,naphthyl-C₁-C₆-alkyl, tetrahydronaphthyl-C₁-C₆-alkyl or 5- or 6-memberedhetaryl-C₁-C₆-alkyl having 1 or 2 hetero atoms from the group consistingof nitrogen, oxygen and sulphur, represents —CO—R¹², —CO—NR¹³R¹⁴, orrepresents the grouping —(CH₂)_(p)—(CR¹⁵R¹⁶)_(q)—(CH₂)_(r)—G, or Z and Dtogether represent optionally nitro-, halogen-, C₁-C₆-alkyl,C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₁-C₆₋halogenoalkyl-, or C₁-C₆-halogenoalkoxy-substitutedphenoxy-C₁-C₄-alkyl, Y represents a direct bond, oxygen, sulphur,carbonyl, carbonyloxy, oxycarbonyl, C₁-₄-alkylene, C₂-C₄-alkenylene,C₂-C₄-alkinylene, C₁-C₄-alkyleneoxy, C₁-C₄-oxyalkylene,C₁-C₄-thioalkylene, C₁-C₄-alkylenedioxy or represents p-phenylene whichis optionally mono- or disubstituted by radicals from the list W¹, Erepresents hydrogen, C₁-C₁₈-alkyl, C₂-C₁₈-alkenyl, C₂-C₆-alkinyl,C₁-C₁₈-halogenoalkyl, C₂-C₁₆-halogenoalkenyl, optionally halogen-,C₁-C₄-alkyl-, C₂-C₄-alkenyl-, C₂-C₄-halogenoalkenyl-, phenyl, styryl-,halogenophenyl- or halogenostyryl-substituted C₅-C₈-cycloalkyl,represents optionally halogen- or C₁-C₄-alkyl-substitutedC₅-C₈-cycloalkenyl, represents phenyl which is optionally mono- totetrasubstituted by radicals from the list W¹ or represents 5- or6-membered hetaryl having 1 or 2 hetero atoms from the group consistingof nitrogen, oxygen and sulphur, which is optionally mono totetrasubstituted by radicals from the list W², or represents thegrouping —(CH₂)_(p)—(CR¹⁵R¹⁶)_(q)—(CH₂)_(r)—G, R¹² representsC₁-C₁₂-alkyl, C₁-C₁₂-alkoxy, C₂-C₁₂-alkenyl, C₂-C₁₂-alkenyloxy,respectively optionally halogen-, C₁-C₄-alkyl-, C₂-C₄-alkenyl-,C₁-C₄-halogenoalkyl- or C₂-C₄-halogenoalkenyl-substitutedC₃-C₈-cycloalkyl, C₃-C₈-cycloalkyloxy or C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₆-alkyloxyor represents phenyl or naphthyl, each of which is optionally mono- totetrasubstituted by nitro, halogen, C₁-C₁₂-alkyl C₁-C₁₂-alkoxy,C₁-C₁₂-halogenoalkyl or C₁-C₁₂-halogenoalkoxy, R¹³ represents hydrogenor C₁-C₁₂-alkyl, R¹⁴ represents C₁-C₁₂-alkyl, C₁-C₁₂-halogenoalkyl,respectively optionally halogen-, C_(14-C) ₄-alkyl-, C₂-C₄-alkenyl-,C₁-C₄-halogenoalkyl- or C₂-C₄-halogenoalkenyl-substitutedC₃-C₈-cycloalkyl or C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, or represents phenylor phenyl-C₁-C₆-alkyl which is in each case optionally mono- totetrasubstituted by halogen, C₁-C₁₂-alkyl, C₁-C₁₂-alkoxy, C₁-C₁₂halogenoalkyl or C₁-C₁₂-halogenoalkoxy, p, q and r independently of oneanother each represent 0, 1, 2 or 3, their sum being greater than 0 andsmaller than 6, R¹⁵ and R¹⁶ independently of one another each representhydrogen or C₁-C₄-alkyl, G represents cyano, represents a 5- or 6membered heterocycle having 1 to 3 identical or different hetero atomsfrom the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen and sulphur, which isoptionally mono- to trisubstituted by halogen, C₁-C₄-alkyl orC₁-C₄-halogenoalkyl and, at the attachment point, optionally by theradical R¹⁷, or represents one of the groupings below: (a) —CO—R¹⁷ (b)—CO—OR¹⁸ (c) —CO—NR¹⁹R²⁰ (d) —CS—NR¹⁹R²⁰

R¹⁷ represents hydrogen, C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyl,C₁-C₄-halogenoalkyl, C₂-C₆ halogenoalkenyl, optionally halogen-,C₁-C₄-alkyl- or C₁-C₄-halogenoalkyl-substituted C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, orrepresents phenyl which is optionally mono- to pentasubstituted byC₁-C₄-alkylcarbonylamino, C₁-C₄-alkylcarbonyl-C₁-C₄-alkylamino and/orradicals from the list W³, R¹⁸ represents hydrogen, C₁-C₄-alkyl,C₂-C₆-alkenyl, C₁-C₄-halogenoalkyl, C₂-C₆-halogenoalkenyl, respectivelyoptionally halogen-, C₁-C₄-alkyl- or C₁-C₄-halogenoalkyl-substitutedC₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, or C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl or representsC₆-C₁₀-aryl-C₁-C₄-alkyl which is optionally mono- to tetrasubstituted byradicals from the list W³, R¹⁹ and R²⁰ independently of one another eachrepresents hydrogen, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₃-C₆-alkenyl, C₁-C₄-halogenoalkyl,C₃-C₆-halogenoalkenyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy, respectively optionally halogen-,C₁-C₄-alkyl- or C₁-C₄-halogenoalkyl-substituted C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl orC₃-C₆ cycloalkyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl, represent phenyl or phenyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl,each of which is optionally mono- to pentasubstituted by radicals fromthe list W³, represent —OR¹⁸ or —NR¹⁷R¹⁸ or together represent analkylene chain having 4 to 6 members in which one methylene group isoptionally replaced by oxygen, R²¹ represents —OR¹⁸, —NR¹⁷R¹⁸ or—N(R¹⁷)—COOR¹⁸, R²², R²³ and R²⁴ independently of one another eachrepresent C₁-C₆-alkyl, W¹ represents hydrogen, halogen, cyano, formyl,nitro, C₁-C₆-alkyl, tri-C₁-C₄-alkylsilyl, C₁-C₁₆-alkoxy,C₁-C₆-halogenoalkyl, C₁-C₆-halogenoalkoxy, C₂-C₆-halogenoalkenyloxy,C₁-C₆-alkylcarbonyl, C₁-C₁₆-alkoxycarbonyl, pentafluorothio or—S(O)_(o)R⁶, W² represents halogen, cyano, formyl, nitro, C₁-C₆ alkyl,tri-C₁-C₄-alkylsilyl, C₁-C₁₆-alkoxy, C₁-C₆-halogenoalkyl,C₁-C₆-halogenoalkoxy, C₁-C₆-alkylcarbonyl, C₁-C₁₆-alkoxycarbonyl,pentafluorothio, —S(O)_(o)R⁶ or —C(R¹⁷)═N—R²¹, W³ represents halogen,cyano, nitro, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy, C₁-C₄-halogenoalkyl,C₁-C₄-halogenoalkoxy, di-C₁-C₄-alkylamino, —S(O)_(o)R⁶, —COOR²⁵ or—CONR²⁶R²⁷, R²⁵ represents hydrogen, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-halogenoalkyl,optionally halogen-, C₁-C₄-alkyl- or C₁-C₄-halogenoalkyl-substitutedC₃-C₇-cycloalkyl or represents phenyl which is optionally mono- topentasubstituted by radicals from the list W⁴, R²⁶ and R²⁷ independentlyof one another each represent hydrogen, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₃-C₆-alkenyl,C₁-C₄-halogenoalkyl, C₃-C₆-halogenoalkenyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy, respectivelyoptionally halogen-, C₁-C₄-alkyl- or C₁-C₄-halogenoalkyl-substitutedC₃-C₆-cycloalkyl or C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl or represent phenyl orphenyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl, each of which is optionally mono- topentasubstituted by radicals from the list W⁴, represent —OR²² or—NR²³R²⁴, or together represent an alkylene chain having 4 to 6 membersin which one methylene group is optionally replaced by oxygen, and W⁴represents halogen, cyano, nitro, C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy,C₁-C₆-halogenoalkyl, C₁-C₆-halogenoalkoxy, di-C₁-C₄-alkylamino,C₁-C₆-alkoxycarbonyl, di-C₁-C₆-alkylaminocarbonyl or —S(O)_(o)R⁶,provided that if Y represents a direct bond, E cannot be hydrogen. 3.Compounds of the formula (I) according to claim 1 in which n represents1 Ar¹ represents the radical

Ar² represents the radical

m represents 0, 1 or 2, R¹ represents fluorine, chlorine, bromine,C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy, respectively fluorine- orchlorine-substituted C₁-C₆-alkyl or C₁-C₆-alkoxy, representsC₁-C₆-alkoxy-C₁-C₆-alkyl or —S(O)_(o)R⁶, R² and R³ independently or oneanother each represent hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine,C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy, respectively fluorine- orchlorine-substituted C₁-C₆-alkyl or C₁-C₆-alkoxy, representC₁-C₆-alkoxy-C₁-C₆-alkyl or —S(O)_(o)R₆, R⁴ represents a substituent inmeta- or paraposition from the group consisting of fluorine, chlorine,bromine, iodine, cyano, tri-(C₁-C₄-alkyl)-silyl, —CO—NR¹⁰R¹¹,tetrahydropyranyl or one of the groupings below (l) —X—A (m) —B—Z—D (n)—Y—E, R⁵ represents hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine,cyano, nitro, C₁-C₁₆-alkyl, C₁-C₁₆-alkoxy, respectively fluorine- orchlorine-substituted C₁-C₆₋alkyl or C₁-C₆-alkoxy, representsC₁-C₆-alkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, or —S(O)_(o)R⁶, o represents 0, 1 or 2, R⁶represents C₁-C₄-alkyl or respectively fluorine- or chlorine-substitutedmethyl or ethyl, R¹⁰ and R¹¹ independently of one another each representhydrogen, C₁-C₆-alkyl, fluorine- or chlorine-substituted C₁-C₆-alkyl orrepresent phenyl or benzyl, each of which is optionally mono- ordisubstituted by radicals, from the list W¹, X represents a direct bond,oxygen, sulphur, carbonyl, carbonyloxy, oxycarbonyl, C₁-C₄-alkylene,C₂-C₄-alkenylene, C₂-C₄-alkinylene, C₁-C₄-alkyleneoxy,C₁-C₄-oxyalkylene, C₁-C₄-thioalkylene, C₁-C₄-alkylenedioxy ordi-C₁-C₄-alkylsilylene, A represents phenyl, naphthyl ortetrahydronaphthyl, each of which is optionally mono- to trisubstitutedby radicals from the list W¹, or represents 5- to 10-memberedheterocyclyl having 1 to 4 hetero atoms, which includes 0 to 4 nitrogenatoms, 0 to 2 oxygen atoms and 0 to 2 sulphur atoms, and containing 1 or2 aromatic rings, which is in each case optionally mono- totrisubstituted by radicals from the list W², B represents p-phenylenewhich is optionally mono- or disubstituted by radicals from the list W¹,Z represents oxygen or sulphur, D represents hydrogen, C₁-C₁₆-alkyl,C₂-C₁₆-alkenyl, C₂-C₆-alkinyl, respectively fluorine- orchlorine-substituted C₁-C₄-alkyl or C₂-₄-alkenyl, representsC₃-C₆-cycloalkyl or C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl, each of which isoptionally substituted by fluorine, chlorine, bromine, C₁-C₄-alkyl,C₂-C₄-alkenyl, fluorine- or chlorine-substituted C₂-C₄-alkenyl, phenyl,styryl, respectively fluorine, chlorine- or bromine-substituted phenylor styryl, represents respectively optionally fluorine-, chlorine-,bromine- or C₁-C₄-alkyl-substituted C₅-C₈-cycloalkenyl orC₅-C₆-cycloalkenyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl, represents phenyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl,naphthyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl, tetrahydronaphthyl-C₁-C₆-alkyl or 5 or 6-memberedhetaryl-C₁-C₄-alkyl having 1 or 2 hetero atoms from the group consistingof nitrogen, oxygen and sulphur, each of these radicals being optionallysubstituted by nitro, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, C₁-C₆-alkyl,C₁-C₆-alkoxy, respectively fluorine- or chlorine-substituted C₁-C₄-alkylor C₁-C₄-alkoxy, represents —CO—R¹², —CO—NR¹³R¹⁴, or the grouping—(CH₂)_(p)—(CR¹⁵R¹⁶)_(q)—(CH₂)_(r)—G, or Z and D together representphenoxy-C₁-C₃ alkyl which is optionally substituted by nitro, fluorine,chlorine, bromine, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy, or respectively fluorine,or chlorine-substituted C₁-C₄-alkyl or C₁-C₄-alkoxy, Y represents adirect bond, oxygen, sulphur, carbonyl, carbonyloxy, oxycarbonyl,C₁-C₄-alkylene, C₂-C₄-alkenylene, C₂-C₄-alkinylene, C₁-C₄-alkyleneoxy,C₁-C₄-oxyalkylene, C₁-C₄-thioalkylene, C₁-C₄-alkylenedioxy or representsp-phenylene which is optionally mono- or disubstituted by radicals fromthe list W¹, E represents hydrogen, C₁-C₁₆-alkyl, C₂-C₁₆-alkenyl,C₂-C₆-alkinyl, respectively fluorine- or chlorine-substitutedC₁-C₄-alkyl or C₂-C₄-alkenyl, represents C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl which isoptionally substituted by fluorine, chlorine, bromine, C₁-C₄-alkyl,C₂-C₄-alkenyl, fluorine or chlorine substituted C₂-C₄-alkenyl, phonyl,styryl or respectively fluorine-, chlorine- or bromine-substitutedphenyl or styryl, represents optionally fluorine-, chlorine-, bromine-or C₁-C₄-alkyl-substituted C₅-C₆-cycloalkenyl, represents phenyl whichis optionally mono- to trisubstituted by radicals from the list W¹ orrepresents 5- or 6-membered hetaryl having 1 or 2 hetero atoms from thegroup consisting of nitrogen, oxygen and sulphur, which is optionallymono- or disubstituted by radicals from the list W², or represents thegrouping —(CH₂)_(p)—(CR¹⁵R¹⁶)_(q)—(CH₂)_(r)—G, R¹² representsC₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₂-C₈-alkenyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyloxy, representsC₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyloxy or C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₂alkyloxy, each of which is optionally substituted by fluorine, chlorine,C₁-C₃-alkyl, or respectively fluorine- or chlorine-substitutedC₁-C₂-alkyl of C₂-C₃-alkenyl, or represents phenyl which is optionallymono- or disubstituted by fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine,C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy or respectively fluorine- orchlorine-substituted, C₁-C₃-alkyl or C₁-C₄-alkoxy, R¹³ representshydrogen or C₁-C₄-alkyl, R¹⁴ represents C₁-C₄-alkyl, or representsphenyl or benzyl, each of which is optionally mono- or disubstituted byfluorine, chlorine, bromine, C₁-C₄-alkyl or respectively fluorine- orchlorine-substituted C₁-C₄-alkyl or C₁-C₄-alkoxy, p, q and rindependently of one another each represent 0, 1, 2 or 3, their sumbeing smaller than 6, R¹⁵ and R¹⁶ independently of one another eachrepresent hydrogen or C₁-C₄-alkyl, G represents cyano, represents a 5-or 6-membered heterocycle having 1 to 3 identical or different heteroatoms from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen and sulphur, whichis optionally mono- to trisubstituted by fluorine, chlorine, bromine,C₁-C₄-alkyl or fluorine- or chlorine-substituted C₁-C₄-alkyl and, at theattachment point, optionally by the radical R¹⁷, or represents one ofthe groupings below; (a) —CO—R¹⁷ (b) —CO—OR¹⁸ (c) —CO—NR¹⁹R²⁰ (d)—CS—NR¹⁹R²⁰

R¹⁷ represents hydrogen, C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyl, respectivelyfluorine- or chlorine-substituted C₁-C₄-alkyl or C₂-C₆-alkenyl,represents C₃—C₆-cycloalkyl which is optionally substituted by fluorine,chlorine, C₁-C₄-alkyl or fluorine- or chlorine-substituted C₁-C₄-alkyl,or represents phenyl which is optionally mono- to trisubstituted byC₁-C₄-alkylcarbonylamino, C₁-C₄-alkylcarbonyl C₁-C₄-alkylamino and/orradicals from the list W³, R¹⁸ represents hydrogen, C₁-C₄-alkyl,C₃-C₆-alkenyl, respectively fluorine- or chlorine-substitutedC₁-C₄-alkyl or C₃-C₆-alkenyl, represents C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl orC₃-C₆-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl, each of which is optionally substituted byfluorine, chlorine, C₁-C₄-alkyl or fluorine- or chlorine-substitutedC₁-C₄-alkyl, or represents phenyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl or naphthyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl,each of which is optionally mono- to trisubstituted by radicals from thelist W³, R¹⁹ and R²⁰ independently of one another each representhydrogen, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₃-C₆-alkenyl, respectively fluorine- orchlorine-substituted C₁-C₄-alkyl or C₃-C₆-alkenyl, representC₁-C₄-alkoxy, represent C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl orC₃-C₆-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl, each of which is optionally substituted byfluorine, chlorine, C₁-C₄-alkyl or fluorine- or chlorine-substitutedC₁-C₄-alkyl, represent phonyl or phenyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl, each of which isoptionally mono- to trisubstituted by radicals from the list W³,represent —OR¹⁸ or —NR¹⁷R¹⁸ or together represent —(CH₂)₅—, —(CH₂)₆— or—(CH₂)₂—O—(CH₂)₂—, R²¹ represents —OR¹⁸, —NR¹⁷R¹⁸ or —N(R¹⁷)—COOR¹⁸,R²², R²³ and R²⁴ independently of one another each representC₁-C₄-alkyl, W¹ represents hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine,iodine, cyano, formyl, nitro, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy, respectivelyfluorine- or chlorine-substituted C₁-C₄-alkyl or C₁-C₄-alkoxy,represents C₁-C₄-alkylcarbonyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxycarbonyl or —S(O)_(o)R⁶, W²represents fluorine, chlorine, bromine, cyano, formyl, nitro,C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy, respectively fluorine- orchlorine-substituted C₁-C₄-alkyl or C₁-C₄-alkoxy, representsC₁-C₄-alkylcarbonyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxycarbonyl or —S(O)_(o)R⁶ or—C(R¹⁷)═N—R²¹, W³ represents fluorine, chlorine, bromine, cyano, nitro,C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy, respectively fluorine- orchlorine-substituted C₁-C₄-alkyl or C₁-C₄-alkoxy, representsdi-C₁-C₄-alkylamino, —S(O)_(o)R⁶, —COOR²⁵ or —CONR²⁶R²⁷, R²⁵ representshydrogen, C₁-C₄-alkyl, fluorine- or chlorine-substituted C₁-C₄-alkyl,represents C₃ C₆-cycloalkyl which is optionally substituted by fluorine,chlorine, C₁-C₄-alkyl or fluorine- or chlorine-substituted C₁-C₄-alkyl,or represents phenyl which is optionally mono- to trisubstituted byradicals from the list W⁴, R²⁶ and R²⁷ independently of one another eachrepresent hydrogen, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₃-C₆-alkenyl, respectively fluorine orchlorine-substituted C₁-C₄-alkyl or C₃-C₆-alkenyl, representC₁-C₄-alkoxy, represent C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl orC₃-C₆-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl, each of which is optionally substituted byfluorine, chlorine, C₁-C₄-alkyl or fluorine- or chlorine-substitutedC₁-C₄-alkyl, or represent phenyl or phenyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl, each of which isoptionally mono- to trisubstituted by radicals from the list W⁴,represent —OR²² or —NR²³R²⁴ or together represent —(CH₂)₅—, —(CH₂)₆— or—(CH₂)₂—O—(CH₂)₂—, and W⁴ represents fluorine, chlorine, bromine, cyano,nitro, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy, respectively fluorine- orchlorine-substituted C₁-C₄-alkyl or C₁-C₄-alkoxy, di-C₁-C₄-alkylamino,C₁-C₄-alkoxycarbonyl, di-C₁-C₆-alkylaminocarbonyl or —S(O)_(o)R⁶,provided that if Y represents a direct bond, E cannot be hydrogen. 4.Compounds of the formula (I) according to claim 1 in which n represents1 Ar¹ represents the radical

Ar² represents the radical

R¹ represents fluorine, chlorine, bromine, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl,isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, methoxy, ethoxy,n-propoxy, isopropoxy, n-butoxy, isobutoxy, sec-butoxy, tert-butoxy, R²and R³ independently of one another each represent hydrogen, fluorine,chlorine, bromine, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n butyl,isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, methoxy, ethoxy, n-propoxy, isopropoxy,n-butoxy, isobutoxy, sec-butoxy, tert-butoxy, R⁴ represents asubstituent in meta- or paraposition from the group consisting offluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine., cyano, —CO—NR¹⁰R¹¹,tetrahydropyranyl or one of the groupings below (l) —X—A

(n) —Y—E, R⁵ represents hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, methyl,ethyl, methoxy, ethoxy, methylthio, ethylthio, trifluoromethyl,difluoromethoxy, trifluoromethoxy or trifluoromethylthio, o represents 0or 2, R⁶ represents methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, difluoromethylor trifluoromethyl, R¹⁰ and R¹¹ independently of one another eachrepresent hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl,isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl or represent phenyl or benzyl, each ofwhich is optionally monosubstituted by a radical from the list W¹, Xrepresents a direct bond, oxygen, sulphur, carbonyl, —CH₂—, —(CH₂)₂—,—CH═CH—(E or Z), —C≡C—, —CH₂O—, —(CH₂)₂O—, —CH(CH₃)O—, —OCH₂—,—O(CH₂)₂—, —SCH₂—, —S(CH₂)₂—, —SCH(CH₃)—, C₁-C₄-alkylenedioxy, Arepresents phenyl which is optionally mono- or disubstituted by radicalsfrom the list W¹ or represents furyl, benzofuryl, thienyl, benzothienyl,oxazolyl, benzoxazolyl, thiazolyl, benzthiazolyl, pyrrolyl, pyridyl,pyrimidyl, 1,3,5-triazlnyl, quinolinyl, isoquinolinyl, indolyl, purinyl,benzodioxolyl, indanyl, benzodioxanyl or chromanyl, each of which isoptionally mono or disubstituted by radicals from the list W², Zrepresents oxygen or sulphur, D represents hydrogen, methyl, ethyl,n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, theisomeric pentyls, the isomeric hexyls, n-heptyl, n-octyl, n-isooctyl,n-nonyl, n-decyl, n-undecyl, n-dodecyl, n-tridecyl, n-tetradecyl,n-pentadecyl, n-hexadecyl, 2-propenyl, butenyl, pentenyl, hexenyl,propargyl, butinyl, pentinyl, —CF₃, CHF₂, CClF₂, —CF₂CHFCl, —CF₂CH₂F,—CF₂CHF₂, —CF₂CCl₃, —CH₂CF₃, —CF₂CHFCF₃, —CH₂CF₂CHF₂, —CH₂CF₂CF₃,represents cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl,cyclopropylmethyl, cyclobutylmethyl, cyclopentylmethyl orcyclohexylmethyl, each of which is optionally mono- to trisubstituted byfluorine, chlorine, bromine, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl,n-butyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, ethenyl, 1-propenyl,2,2-dimethylethenyl, —CH═CCl₂, phenyl, styryl, respectively fluorine-,chlorine- or bromine-substituted phenyl or 4-chlorostyryl, representsrespectively optionally fluorine-, chlorine-, methyl-, ethyl-,n-propyl-, isopropyl, n-butyl-, isobutyl-, sec-butyl- ortert-butyl-substituted cyclopentenyl, cyclohexenyl, cyclohexenylmethylor cyclopentenylmethyl, represents benzyl, phenethyl, naphthylmethyl,tetrahydronaphthylmethyl, furylmethyl, thienylmethyl, pyrrolylmethyl,oxazolylmethyl, isoxazolylmethyl, thlazolylmethyl or pyridylmethyl, eachof which is optionally mono- or disubstituted by nitro, fluorine,chlorine, bromine, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl,isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, methoxy, ethoxy, n-propoxy, isopropoxy,n-butoxy, isobutoxy, sec-butoxy, tert-butoxy, trifluoromethyl,trifluoromethoxy, difluoromethoxy or chlorodifluoromethoxy, represents—CO—R¹², —CO—NR¹³R¹⁴ or the growing —(CH₂)_(p)—(CR¹⁵R¹⁶)_(q)—(CH₂)_(r)—Gor Z and D together represent phenoxymethyl which is optionally mono- ordisubstituted by nitro, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, methyl, ethyl,n-propyl, isopropyl, methoxy, ethoxy, n-propoxy, isopropoxy,trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy, difluoromethoxy orchlorodifluoromethoxy. Y represents a direct bond, oxygen, sulphur,carbonyl, CH₂—, —(CH₂)₂—, —CH═CH—(E or Z), —C≡C—, —CH₂O—, —(CH₂)₂O—,—CH(CH₃)O—, —OCH₂—, —O(CH₂)₂—, —SCH₂—, —S(CH₂)₂—, —SCH(CH₃)—,C₁-C₄-alkylenedioxy, or represents p-phenylene which is optionallymonosubstituted by a radical from the list W¹, E represents hydrogen,methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl,tert-butyl, the isomeric pentyls, the isomeric hexyls, n-heptyl,n-octyl, n-lsooctyl, n-nonyl, n-decyl, n-undecyl, n-dodecyl, n-tridecyl,n-tetradecyl, n-pentadecyl, n-hexadecyl, 2-propenyl, butenyl, pentenyl,hexenyl, propargyl, butinyl, pentinyl, —CF₃, —CHF₂, —CClF₂, —CF₂CHFCl,—Cl₂CH₂F, —CF₂CHF₂, —CF₂CCl₃, —CH₂CF₃, —CF₂CHFCF₃, —CH₂CF₂CHF₂,—CH₂CF₂CF₃, represents cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl orcyclohexyl, each of which is optionally mono- to trisubstituted byfluorine, chlorine, bromine, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl,n-butyl, Isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, ethenyl, 1-propenyl,2,2-dimethylethenyl, —CH═CCl₂, phenyl, styryl, respectively fluorine-,chlorine- or bromine-substituted phenyl or by 4-chlorostyryl, representsrespectively optionally fluorine-, chlorine-, methyl-, ethyl-,n-propyl-, isopropyl-, n-butyl-, isobutyl-, sec-butyl- or tert-butylsubstituted cyclopentenyl or cyclohexenyl, represents phenyl which isoptionally mono- or disubstituted by radicals from the list W¹,represents furyl, thienyl, pyrrolyl, oxazolyl, isoxazolyl, thlazolyl orpyridyl, each of which is optionally mono- or disubstituted by radicalsfrom the list W², or represents the grouping—(CH₂)_(p)—(CR¹⁵R¹⁶)_(q)—CH₂)_(r)—G, R¹² represents methyl, ethyl,n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, methoxy,ethoxy, n-propoxy, isopropoxy, n-butoxy, isobutoxy, sec-butoxy,tert-butoxy, cyclopropyl, cyclohexyl, cyclohexyloxy,cyclohexylmethyloxy, phenyl, 2-chlorophenyl, 3-chlorophenyl,2,6-difluorophenyl, 2,4-dichlorophenyl, 3,4dichlorophenyl,2-trifluoromethoxyphenyl or 4-trifluoromethoxyphenyl, R¹³ representshydrogen, R¹⁴ represents methyl, ethyl or represents phenyl which isoptionally monosubstituted by chlorine, p, q and r independently of oneanother each represent 0, 1, 2 or 3, their sum being smaller than 4, R¹⁵and R¹⁶ independently of one another each represent hydrogen, methyl,ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, Grepresents cyano, represents 5,6-dihydrodioxazin-2-yl, 3-pyridyl,3-furyl, 3-thienyl, 2-thiazolyl, 5-thiazolyl, 2-dioxolanyl,1,3-dioxan-2-yl, 2-dithiolanyl, 1,3-dithian-2-yl or 1,3-thioxan-2-yl,each of which is optionally mono- to trisubstituted by fluorine,chlorine, bromine, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl or trifluoromethyland, at the attachment point, optionally by the radical R¹⁷, orrepresents one of the groupings below: (a) —CO—R¹⁷ (b) —CO—OR¹⁸ (c)—CO—NR¹⁹R²⁰ (d) —CS—NR¹⁹R²⁰

R¹⁷ represents hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl,isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl the isomeric pentyls, the isomerichexyls, —CF₃, —CHF₂, —CClF₂, —CF₂CHFCl, —CF₂CH₂F, —CF₂CHF₂, —CF₂CCl₅,—CH₂CF₃, C₃-C₆-alkenyl, C₃-C₆-alkenyl which is mono- to trisubstitutedby fluorine or chlorine, represents cyclopropyl, cyclopentyl orcyclohexyl, each of which is optionally mono- or disubstituted byfluorine, chlorine, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, —CF₃—, —CHF₂,—CClF₂, —CF₂CHFCl, —CF₂CH₂F, —CF₂CHF₂, —CF₂CCl₃ or —CH₂CF₃, orrepresents phenyl which is optionally mono- or disubstituted bymethylcarbonylamino, ethylcarbonylamino, methylcarbonylmethylaminoand/or radicals from the list W³, R¹⁸ represents hydrogen, methyl,ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl,—CH₂CF₃, allyl, represents cyclopropyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl,cyclopropylmethyl, cyclopentylmethyl, cyclohexylmethyl,cyclopropylethyl, cyclopentylethyl or cyclohexylethyl, each of which isoptionally mono- or disubstituted by fluorine, chlorine, methyl, ethyl,n-propyl, isopropyl, —CF₃, —CHF₂, —CClF₂, —CF₂CHFCl, —CF₂CH₂F, —CF₂CHF₂,—CF₂CCl₃ or —CH₂CF₃, or represents benzyl or phenethyl, each of which isoptionally mono- or disubstituted by radicals from the list W³, R¹⁹ andR²⁰ independently of one another each represent hydrogen, methyl, ethyl,n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, —CH₂CF₃,methoxy, ethoxy, allyl, represent cyclopropyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl,cyclopropylmethyl, cyclopentylmethyl or cyclohexylmethyl, each of whichis optionally mono- or disubstituted by fluorine, chlorine, methyl,ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl or trifluoromethyl, represent phenyl, benzylor phenethyl, each of which is optionally mono- or disubstituted byradicals from the list W³, represent —OR¹⁸ or —NR¹⁷R¹⁸, R²¹ represents—OR¹⁸, —NR¹⁷R¹⁸ or —N(R¹⁷)—COOR¹⁸, R²², R²³ and R²⁴ independently of oneanother each represent methyl, ethyl, n-propyl or isopropyl, W¹represents hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, cyano, formyl, nitro,methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl,tert-butyl, methoxy, ethoxy, n-propoxy, isopropoxy, n-butoxy, isobutoxy,sec-butoxy, tert-butoxy, —CF₃, —CHF₂, —CClF₂, —CF₂CHFCl, —CF₂CH₂F,—CF₂CHF₂, —CF₂CCl₃, —CH₂CF₃, —CF₂CHFCF₃, —CH₂CF₂CHF₂, CH₂CF₂CF₃,trifluoromethoxy, difluoromethoxy, chlorodifluoromethoxy, acetyl,propionyl, butyryl, isobutyryl, methoxycarbonyl, ethoxycarbonyl,n-propoxycarbonyl, isopropoxycarbonyl, n-butoxycarbonyl,isobutoxycarbonyl, sec-butoxycarbonyl, tert-butoxycarbonyl or—S(O)_(o)R⁶, W² represents fluorine, chlorine, bromine, cyano, methyl,ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy,difluoromethoxy, chlorodifluoromethoxy, acetyl, trifluoromethylthio,—CH═N—OCH₂, —CH═N—OC₂H₆, —CH═N—OC₃H₇, —C(CH₃)═N—OCH₂, —C(CH₃)≡N—OC₂H₅,—C(CH₃)═N—OC₃H₇, —C(C₂H₅)═N—OCH₃, —C(C₂H₅)═N—OC₂H₅ or —(C₂H₅)═N—OC₃H₇,W³ represents fluorine, chlorine, cyano, nitro, methyl, ethyl, methoxy,ethoxy, methylthio, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy,trifluoromethylthio, dimethylamino, diethylamino, —COOR²⁵ or —CONR²⁶R²⁷,R²⁵ represents hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, tert-butyl,—CH₂CF₃, represents cyclopropyl, cyclopentyl or cyclohexyl, each ofwhich is optionally mono- or disubstituted by fluorine, chlorine,methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl or —CF₃, or represents phenyl whichis optionally mono- or disubstituted by radicals from the list W⁴, R²⁶and R²⁷ independently of one another each represent hydrogen, methyl,ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl,—CH₂CF₃, methoxy, ethoxy, allyl, represent cyclopropyl, cyclopentyl,cyclohexyl, cyclopropylmethyl, cyclopentylmethyl or cyclohexylmethyl,each of which is optionally mono- or disubstituted by fluorine orchlorine, represent phenyl, benzyl or phenethyl, each of which isoptionally mono- or disubstituted by radicals from the list W⁴,represent —OR²² or —NR²³R²⁴, and W⁴ represents fluorine, chlorine,bromine, cyano, nitro, methyl, ethyl, tert-butyl, methoxy, ethoxy,methylthio, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy or trifluoromethylthio,provided that if Y represents a direct bond, E cannot be hydrogen. 5.The compound of claim 1 having the formula (I)

wherein Ar¹ represents the radical

Ar² represents the radical

R¹, R², R³, R⁵ and n are each as defined in claim 1, R⁴ representsphenyl which is mono- or disubstituted by radicals from the list W¹, orrepresents one at the following groupings (m-b) —B—O—D (l) —Y—E, Brepresents p-phenylene which is optionally monosubstituted by radicalsfrom the list W¹, Y represents a direct bond or represents p-phenylenewhich is optionally mono- or disubstituted by a radical from the listW¹, and D represents hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl,n-butyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, the isomeric pentyls, theisomeric hexyls, n-heptyl, n-octyl, n-isooctyl, n-nonyl, n-decyl,n-undecyl, n-dodecyl; n-tridecyl, n-tetradecyl, n-pentadecyl,n-hexadecyl, 2-propenyl, butenyl, pentenyl, hexenyl, propargyl, butinyl,pentinyl, —CF₃, —CHF₂, —CCFl₂, —CF₂CHFCl, —CF₂CH₂F, —CF₂CHF₂, —CF₂CCl₃,—CH₂CF₃, —CF₂CHFCF₃, —CH₂CF₂CHF₂, —CH₂CF₂CF₃, represents cyclopropyl,cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, cyclopropylmethyl,cyclobutylmethyl, cyclopentylmethyl or cyclohexylmethyl, each of whichis optionally mono- to trisubstituted by fluorine, chlorine, bromine,methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, sac-butyl,tert-butyl, ethenyl, 1-propenyl, 2,2-dimethylethenyl, —CH═CCl₂, phenyl,styryl, respectively fluorine, chlorine- or bromine-substituted phenylor 4-chlorostyryl, represents respectively optionally fluorine-,chlorine-, methyl-, ethyl-, n-propyl-, isopropyl, n-butyl-, isobutyl-,sec-butyl- or tert-butyl-substituted cyclopentenyl, cyclohexenyl,cyclohexenylmethyl or cyclopentenylmethyl, represents benzyl, phenethyl,naphthylmethyl, tetrahydronaphthylmethyl, furylmethyl, thienylmethyl,pyrrolylmethyl, oxazolylmethyl, isoxazolylmethyl, thiazolylmethyl orpyridylmethyl, each of which is optionally mono- or disubstituted bynitro, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl,n-butyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, methoxy, ethoxy, n-propoxy,isopropoxy, n-butoxy, isobutoxy, sec-butoxy, tert-butoxy,trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy, difluoromethoxy orchlorodifluoromethoxy, rep resents —CO—R¹², —CO—NR¹³R¹⁴ or the grouping—(CH₂)_(p)—(CR¹⁵R¹⁶)_(q)—(CH₂)_(r)—G, E represents hydrogen, methyl,ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl,the isomeric pentyls, the isomeric hexyls, n-heptyl, n-octyl,n-isooctyl, n-nonyl, n-decyl, n-undecyl, n-dodecyl, n-tridecyl,n-tetradecyl, n-pentadecyl, n-hexadecyl, 2 propenyl, butenyl, pentenyl,hexenyl, propargyl, butinyl, pentinyl, —CF₃, —CHF₂, —CClF₂, —CF₂CHFCl,—CF₂CH₂F, —CF₂CHF₂, —CF₂CCl₃, —CH₂CF₃, —CF₂CHFCF₃, —CH₂CF₂CHF₂,—CH₂CF₂CF₃, represents cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl orcyclohexyl, each of which is optionally mono- to trisubstituted byfluorine, chlorine, bromine, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butylisobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, ethenyl, 1-propenyl,2,2-dimethylethenyl, —CH═CCl₂, phenyl, styryl, respectively fluorine-,chlorine- or bromine-substituted phenyl or by 4-chlorostyryl, representsrespectively optionally fluorine-, chlorine, methyl-, ethyl-, n-propyl,isopropyl, n-butyl-, isobutyl-, sec-butyl- or tertbutyl-substitutedcyclopentenyl or cyclohexenyl, represents phenyl which is optionallymono- or disubstituted by radicals from the list W¹, represents furyl,thienyl, pyrrolyl, oxazolyl, Isoxazolyl, thiazolyl or pyridyl, each ofwhich is optionally mono- or disubstituted by radicals from the list W²,or represents the grouping —(CH₂)_(p)—(CR¹⁵R¹⁶)_(q)—(CH₂)_(r)—G,  WhereG is cyano or one of the groupings below (a) —CO—R¹⁷

R¹², R¹³, R¹⁴, R¹⁵, R¹⁶, R¹⁷, R²¹, W¹, W², p, q, and r are each asdefined in claim 1, provided that if Y represents a direct bond, Ecannot be hydrogen.
 6. A process for preparing compounds of the formula(I) according to claim 1

in which Ar¹, Ar² and n are each as defined in claim 1 comprisingcyclocondensing compounds of the formula (II)

 in which Ar¹, Ar² and n are each as defined above, or acidic saltsthereof, optionally in the presence of an acid binder.
 7. A pesticidecomposition comprising at least one compound of the formula (I)according to claim
 1. 8. Method for controlling pests, comprising thestep of applying compounds of the formula (I) according to claim 1 onpests and/or their habitat.
 9. Process for preparing pesticides,comprising the step of mixing compounds of the formula (I) according toclaim 1 with extenders and/or surface-active agents.